Division
The majority voted in favour of [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-10-08.54.7) introduced by the government, which means they'll now form part of the bill. ### What do the amendments do? The amendments will reintroduce a [10% discount](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fems%2Fr6584_ems_83be00d4-bab9-48e1-9590-3ab27d90e7eb%22;rec=0) on up-front payments made by HECS-HELP students and the [Student Learning Entitlement](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fems%2Fr6584_ems_83be00d4-bab9-48e1-9590-3ab27d90e7eb%22;rec=0) (SLE). ### What does the bill do? This bill will implement part of the government's [Job Ready Graduates Package](https://www.dese.gov.au/job-ready) and includes major proposed higher education funding changes, including how the government currently subsidises university tuition costs. If successful in its current form, the bill will decrease the subsidy for most areas of the humanities and social science as well as in engineering, science, surveying, environmental studies and other areas. On the other hand, it will increase the subsidy for most health fields, education, mathematics and other areas. At the same time, the bill will set new maximum student contribution amounts, which means the degree costs for students are going to change significantly. Humanities, law and commerce degrees are going to increase in price while mathematics, agriculture and certain science degrees will decrease. Sometimes, such as in the case of engineering, the changes appear somewhat contradictory: both the subsidy for engineering and the maximum student contribution rate is being reduced. [According to Science and Technology Australia](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2021a/21bd012) ("STA"): > *...the proposed reductio
Senate, 2020-10-08. affirmative: ayes 29, noes 26.
Question
The majority voted in favour of [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-10-08.54.7) introduced by the government, which means they'll now form part of the bill. ### What do the amendments do? The amendments will reintroduce a [10% discount](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fems%2Fr6584_ems_83be00d4-bab9-48e1-9590-3ab27d90e7eb%22;rec=0) on up-front payments made by HECS-HELP students and the [Student Learning Entitlement](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fems%2Fr6584_ems_83be00d4-bab9-48e1-9590-3ab27d90e7eb%22;rec=0) (SLE). ### What does the bill do? This bill will implement part of the government's [Job Ready Graduates Package](https://www.dese.gov.au/job-ready) and includes major proposed higher education funding changes, including how the government currently subsidises university tuition costs. If successful in its current form, the bill will decrease the subsidy for most areas of the humanities and social science as well as in engineering, science, surveying, environmental studies and other areas. On the other hand, it will increase the subsidy for most health fields, education, mathematics and other areas. At the same time, the bill will set new maximum student contribution amounts, which means the degree costs for students are going to change significantly. Humanities, law and commerce degrees are going to increase in price while mathematics, agriculture and certain science degrees will decrease. Sometimes, such as in the case of engineering, the changes appear somewhat contradictory: both the subsidy for engineering and the maximum student contribution rate is being reduced. [According to Science and Technology Australia](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2021a/21bd012) ("STA"): > *...the proposed reductio
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