Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Government Senators' Majority Report

[1]        Senate EWRSBE Legislation Committee, Consideration of the Provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill 1999, May 1999.

[2]        Senate EWRE Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Higher Education Support Amendment (Abolition of Compulsory Up-front Student Union Fees) Bill 2005, August 2005.

[3]        Senate EWRSBE Legislation Committee, Consideration of the Provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill 1999, May 1999, para 1.5.

[4]        Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee, Provisions of the Higher Education Support Amendment (Abolition of Compulsory Up-front Student Union Fees)  Bill 2005, paras 1.37-1.41, pp.6-7.

[5]        Submission 29 (Flinders One), p. 5.

[6]        Submission 16 (ALSF), p. 6. See also Submission 8 (UQ Union) for arguments in favour of VSU.

[7]        See, for instance, Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 2; Submission 23 (NUS); Submission 14 (Vines), p. 2; Submission 29 (Flinders One), pp. 12-13; Submission 25 (Arc@UNSW Limited), p. 2; Submission 15 (LUPA), pp. 3-4; Submission 4 (UWA Student Guild), pp. 6-7; Submission 32 (Universities Australia), p. 1; Submission 19 (SUPRA), p. 5; Submission 18 (TUU), pp. 2-3, 5-6; Submission 2 (ECU Student Guild), p. 3.

[8]        3 November 2008, Hon Kate Ellis MP, Minister for Youth, Media Release, 'Rebuilding Student Support Services in our Universities'.

[9]        Submission 28 (PAUWS), p. 2.

[10]      Submission 33 (CAPA), p. 13; see also Submission 36 (AUPGSA), pp. 1-2. 

[11]      Submission 33 (CAPA), pp. 3-4.

[12]      Submission 14 (Vines), pp. 2, 6.

[13]      Submission 28 (PAUWS), p. 2.

[14]      Submission 20 (AUS-ACUMA), pp. 3; Submission 23 (NUS), pp. 3; Submission 29 (Flinders One), pp. 12; Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 2; Submission 35 (Uni of Sydney), pp. 1; Hon Kate Ellis MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 11 February 2009, p. 874 & 10 November 2008, p. 10285.

[15]      Submission 23 (NUS), pp. 3, 4, 42.

[16]      Submission 26 (NUS West), p. 4.

[17]      See, for instance, Submission 2 (ECU Student Guild), p. 4; Submission 18 (TUU), p. 3; Submission 14 (Vines), p. 2.

[18]      Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 2, p. 2.

[19]      See, for instance, Submission 16 (ALSF), p. 2.

[20]      Submission 14 (Vines) p. 4; Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 2, pp. 32-35; see also DEEWR Discussion Paper, titled The Impact of Voluntary Student Unionism on Services, Amenities and Representation for Australian University Students, February 2008.

[21]      Submission 23 (NUS), pp. 15, 18, 29; Submission 28 (PAUWS), p. 1; Submission 25 (Arc@UNSW Limited), p. 2.

[22]      See, for instance, Submission 18 (TUU), p. 3.

[23]      Submission 20 (AUS-ACUMA), p. 3; Submission 4 (UWA Student Guild), p. 6.

[24]      See, for instance, the submission by Western Australian Union of Liberal Students, in response to DEEWR Discussion Paper, 'The Impact of Voluntary Student Unionism on Services, Amenities and Representation for Australian University Students', February 2008.

[25]      Submission 4 (UWA Student Guild), p. 7.

[26]      Submission 33 (CAPA), p. 3; Submission 22 (NTEU), p. 2; Submission 15 (LUPA), p. 4; Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 2, p. 2; Submission 32 (Universities Australia), p. 1.

[27]      Submission 23 (NUS), p. 3.

[28]      Ms Julie Owens MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 May 2007, p. 155.

[29]      Submission 33 (CAPA), p. 4.

[30]      Hon Kate Ellis MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 11 February 2009, p. 874.

[31]      Submission 26, NUS West, p. 1.

[32]      Submission 24 (NLC), p. 9.

[33]      Submission 26 (NUS West), p. 4.

[34]      Submission 23 (NUS), p. 47.

[35]      Submission 27 (University of Melbourne GSA), p. 4.

[36]      See, for instance, Submission 23 (NUS); Submission 22 (NTEU), p. 2; Submission 19 (SUPRA), pp. 5-6; Submission 17 (Sharma), p. 1.

[37]      Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 2, p. 3.

[38]      Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 2, p. 2; Submission 22 (NTEU), p. 3; Submission 23 (NUS), p. 43; Hon Kate Ellis MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 26 August 2008, p. 6253.

[39]      Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 2, p. 11; Submission 23 (NUS), p. 48; Submission 22 (NTEU), p. 3; Submission 15 (LUPA), p. 3.

[40]      Submission 23 (NUS), p. 48; Submission 9 (CSU SRC-Childs), pp. 2, 5.

[41]      Submission 23 (NUS), p. 4; Submission 3 (USU), p. 1.

[42]      Submission 28 (PAUWS), p. 2.

[43]      Submission 30 (CAPA Western Region), p. 1.

[44]      Submission 33 (CAPA), p. 10.

[45]      Submission 23 (NUS), p. 48; Submission 9 (CSU SRC-Childs), p. 5; Submission 28 (PAUWS), p. 2.

[46]      Submission 33 (CAPA), p. 5.

[47]      Submission 9 (CSU SRC-Childs), p. 1.

[48]      Submission 9 (CSU SRC-Childs), pp. 1.

[49]      See, for instance, Submission 22 (NTEU), p. 3; Submission 23 (NUS), p. 48.

[50]      Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 1.

[51]      Submission 33 (CAPA), pp. 6-7; Submission 2 (ECU Student Guild), p. 4.

[52]      Submission 25 (Arc@UNSW Limited), p. 3.

[53]      Submission 1 (Lenton), p. 1.

[54]      See, for instance, Submission 29 (Flinders One), pp. 6-7.

[55]      Ms Julie Owens MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 May 2007, pp. 155.

[56]      Submission 1 (Lenton), p. 2.

[57]      Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 2; Submission 23 (NUS), pp. 48, 11-41.

[58]      Submission 5 (DEEWR), Attachment 2; Ms Julie Owens MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 23 May 2007, p. 155.

[59]      Hon. Kate Ellis MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 11 February 2009, p. 874.

[60]      Submission 3 (USU), p.2.

[61]      Submission 5 (DEEWR), p. 3.

[62]      Mr David Barrow, Committee Hansard, 4 March 2009, p. 15.

[63]      Submission 33 (CAPA), p. 6.

[64]      Mr Nigel Palmer, Committee Hansard, 4 March 2009, pp. 35-36. 

[65]      See, for instance, Submission 34 (MUPRA), pp. 1-2; Submission 19 (SUPRA), pp. 5-7.

[66]      Submission 33 (CAPA), pp. 6-7.

[67]      Submission 31 (La Trobe University SRC), p. 2; Submission 19 (SUPRA), pp. 12-13.

[68]      Submission 21 (ASEN-NUS Environment Dept), p. 6.

[69]      Hon Kate Ellis MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 11 February 2009, p. 874.

[70]      Submission 24 (NLC), p. 4.

[71]      Submission 24 (NLC), pp. 4-9.

[72]      Submission 33 (CAPA), p. 14.

[73]      Mr Rod Manns, Committee Hansard , 4 March 2009, p. 99.

[74]      See, for instance, Submission 24 (NLC), pp. 5-8; Submission 33 (CAPA), p. 3.

[75]      Submission 24 (NLC), p. 8.

[76]      Mr Mark Choo, Committee Hansard, 4 March 2009, p. 52.

[77]      Submission 33 (CAPA), p. 3.

[78]      Submission 4 (UWA Student Guild), p. 10; Submission 14 (Vines), p. 6.

[79]      Submission 23 (NUS), p. 25.

[80]      Submission 9 (CSU SRC-Childs), p. 1.

[81]      Submission 23 (NUS), pp. 2-3.

[82]      Submission 20 (AUS-ACUMA), p. 5.

[83]      Submission 16 (ALSF), p. 7.

[84]      Submission 14 (Vines), p. 11.

[85]      Hon Kate Ellis MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 11 February 2009, p. 874.

[86]      Submission 31 (La Trobe University SRC), p. 1; Submission 9 (CSU SRC-Childs), p. 1.

[87]      Submission 31 (La Trobe University SRC), p. 2.

[88]      Yuko Narushima, 'Research, teaching funds paid for services', Sydney Morning Herald, 5 March 2009, p.6.

Coalition Senators' Dissenting Report

[1] Mr Stephen Smith MP. Transcript of doorstop interview; Parliament House, Canberra; 22 May 2007

[2] Student Services and Amenities Fee Guidelines, DEEWR

[3] The Hon. Kate Ellis MP, ‘Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities, And Other Measures) Bill 2009 Second Reading Speech’, House of Representatives, Debates, 11 February 2009

[4] The Hon. Kate Ellis MP, Rebuilding Student Support Services in our Universities, 3 November 2008, accessed at <http://www.kateellis.com.au/newsroom/86/>, accessed 5 March 2009

[5] The Australian Democrats, Australian Democrats Youth Poll 2008, accessed at <http://www.natashastottdespoja.com/cms_resources/Youth%20Poll%202008%20final.pdf>, accessed 5 March 2009.

[6] Australian Electoral Commission, Third Party Return of Electoral Expenditure for the Election held on 9 October 2004- National Union of Students, accessed at <http://electiondisclosures.aec.gov.au/return/12246/FAD06/34.pdf>, accessed 5 March 2009