Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009
Information about the Inquiry
On 20 August 2009 the Senate referred the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Re-registration of Providers and Other Measures) Bill 2009 for inquiry and report.
The bill amends the Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000 to improve processes ensuring the accountability of international education and training services providers. This includes the re-registration of all institutions currently on the Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students by 31 December 2010. It also introduces provisions for two new registration criteria and requires the publication by providers of the names of education agents who represent them and promote their education services.
Submissions should be received by 11 September 2009. The reporting date is 16 October 2009.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to eewr.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3521 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5706 or by email to eewr.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Committee Secretary
Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia