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Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020

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Government
Portfolio
Education
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
46

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Summary

Amends the

Higher Education Support Act 2003
to insert a new definition of ‘academic freedom’ and replace references to 'free intellectual inquiry' with the allied concepts of 'freedom of speech' and 'academic freedom'.

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