Division
The majority voted against an [amendment](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fr5869_amend_e05af329-97e2-467c-a8b7-bcc7a6ede9e0%22;rec=0) to the [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5869), which would have created a national regional higher education strategy. ### What was the amendment? Independent MP for Indi [Cathy McGowan](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/indi/cathy_mcgowan), who proposed the amendment, explained that: > *This amendment is designed to create a financial incentive for students to study at regional universities by creating a HELP-debt-repayment-free period for students studying at regional campuses. Under the amendment, regional students would have a HELP-debt-repayment-free period on the units completed at a regional campus until they reach the $56,205 threshold under the government's proposed legislation. Repayments would then continue as per the government's proposed legislation. The HELP-debt-repayment-free period would apply to students attending a campus that receives a Commonwealth Grant Scheme regional loading or that the minister has identified as having an above-average number of students whose home address is at a regional location.*
House of Representatives, 2017-09-13. negative: ayes 68, noes 73.
Question
The majority voted against an [amendment](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fr5869_amend_e05af329-97e2-467c-a8b7-bcc7a6ede9e0%22;rec=0) to the [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5869), which would have created a national regional higher education strategy. ### What was the amendment? Independent MP for Indi [Cathy McGowan](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/indi/cathy_mcgowan), who proposed the amendment, explained that: > *This amendment is designed to create a financial incentive for students to study at regional universities by creating a HELP-debt-repayment-free period for students studying at regional campuses. Under the amendment, regional students would have a HELP-debt-repayment-free period on the units completed at a regional campus until they reach the $56,205 threshold under the government's proposed legislation. Repayments would then continue as per the government's proposed legislation. The HELP-debt-repayment-free period would apply to students attending a campus that receives a Commonwealth Grant Scheme regional loading or that the minister has identified as having an above-average number of students whose home address is at a regional location.*
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