Second Reading Speeches

Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report) Bill 2023

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

Amends the

Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: expand eligibility for places in demand driven higher education courses to First Nations students; and remove the current requirement that students must pass 50 per cent of the units they study to remain eligible for a Commonwealth supported place and FEE-HELP assistance and instead require higher education providers to support students to successfully complete the units of study in which they are enrolled.

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