Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Background

[1]        Professor Denise Bradley AC, et al, Review of Higher Education – Final Report, December 2008.

[2]        Senator the Hon. Christopher Evans, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011 second reading speech, Senate Hansard, 23 March 2011, p. 2.

[3]        Recommendation 20, Professor Denise Bradley AC, et al, Review of Higher Education – Final Report, December 2008.

[4]        The Hon. Julia Gillard, MP, Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 'BUDGET 2009–1-: New agency to set quality benchmarks in higher education', Media release, 12 May 2009.

[5]        Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Submission 14, p. 1.

[6]        The Hon. Julia Gillard, MP, Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 'BUDGET 2009–1-: New agency to set quality benchmarks in higher education', Media release, 12 May 2009.

[7]        For further information see the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011 – A Guide to the Exposure Drafts, available at: http://www.deewr.gov.au/HigherEducation/Policy/teqsa/Documents/GuideExposureDraft.pdf (Accessed 30 March 2011).

[8]        Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, p. 2.

[9]        Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, p. 2.

[10]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, p. 36.

[11]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, p. 36.

[12]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, p. 55.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, p. 68.

[14]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, p. 96.

[15]      Senator the Hon. Christopher Evans, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011 second reading speech, Senate Hansard, 23 March 2011, p. 3.

[16]      Senator the Hon. Christopher Evans, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011 second reading speech, Senate Hansard, 23 March 2011, p. 4.

CHAPTER 2

[1]        Universities Australia, Submission 11, p. 2.

[2]        Universities Australia, Submission 11, p. 2.

[3]        Professor Greg Craven, Committee Member, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 1.

[4]        The University of Adelaide, Submission 10, p. 1.

[5]        The University of Sydney, Submission 24, pp 1–2.

[6]        Group of Eight, Submission 15, p. 2.

[7]        Australian National University, Submission 27, p. 2.

[8]        Innovative Research Universities, Submission 22, p. 3.

[9]        See for example Southern Cross University, Submission 8; RMIT University, Submission 7; Bond University, Submission 2; Curtin University, Submission 12; University of Western Sydney, Submission 19; Australian National University, Submission 27.

[10]      Universities Australia, Submission 11, p. 2.

[11]      The University of Sydney, Submission 24, p. 4.

[12]      See subclause 9(1) of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011.

[13]      The University of Sydney, Submission 24, p. 5.

[14]      Universities Australia, Submission 11, p. 2.

[15]      Mr David Hazlehurst, Group Manager, Higher Education Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 44.

[16]      Mr David Hazlehurst, Group Manager, Higher Education Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 452.

[17]      Professor Greg Craven, Committee Member, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 8.

[18]      For more information see Part 5, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011. See also DEEWR, Submission 26, p. 6.

[19]      South Australian Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, Submission 9, p. 1.

[20]      Universities Australia, Submission 11, p. 2.

[21]      Australian Research Council, Submission 16, p. 5.

[22]      Mr Michael Beaton-Wells, Executive Director, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 3.

[23]      Professor Greg Craven, Committee Member, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 4.

[24]      Mr Ben Vivekanandan, National Manager, Policy and Research, Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 20.

[25]      Professor John Rosenberg, Innovative Research Universities, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 26.

[26]      Mr Adrian McComb, Executive Officer, Council of Private Higher Education, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 32.

[27]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 26, p. 5.

[28]      See, for example, Monash University, Submission 18, p. 4.

[29]      Mr David Hazlehurst, Group Manager, Higher Education Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 47.

[30]      National Tertiary Education Union, Submission 20, pp 3–4.

[31]      Ms Terri MacDonald, Policy Officer, National Tertiary Education Union, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 34.

[32]      National Union of Students, Submission 23, p. 3.

[33]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 26, p. 6.

[34]      Part 1, section 5, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011.

[35]      Part 1, section 5, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011.

[36]      Explained for the committee during a telephone conversation on 21 April, 2011, with Ms Erica Lewis, Director (A/g), Establishment Team, TEQSA Taskforce, DEEWR.

[37]      Group of Eight, Submission 15, p. 2.

[38]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 26, p. 7.

[39]      Part 6, section 29(2), Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011.

[40]      Part 6, section 29(3), Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2011. See also Mr David Hazlehurst, Group Manager, Higher Education Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, pp 40–41.

[41]      For more information see Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 26, pp 7–8.

[42]      Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Submission 13, p. 2.

[43]      See Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 21.

[44]      Mr Ian Hawke, Interim CEO, TEQSA, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 48.

[45]      Mr Ian Hawke, Interim CEO, TEQSA, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 48.

[46]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 26, p. 9.

[47]      The University of Sydney, Submission 24, p. 4.

[48]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 26, p. 8.

[49]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 26, p. 9.

[50]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 26, pp 8–9.

[51]      National Tertiary Education Union, Submission 20, p. 4. See also Monash University, Submission 18, p. 4.

[52]      National Tertiary Education Union, Submission 20, p. 4. See also, for example, Bond University, Submission 2, pp 2–3.

[53]      Mr David Hazlehurst, Group Manager, Higher Education Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 45.

[54]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 26, p. 9.

[55]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 26, p. 9.

[56]      The University of Sydney, Submission 24, p. 10.

[57]      Mr David Hazlehurst, Group Manager, Higher Education Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 45.

[58]      Mr David Hazlehurst, Group Manager, Higher Education Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 45.

[59]      The committee asked a number of representative bodies whether they had concerns about TEQSA's proposed investigative powers at a public hearing held on 19 April 2011. With the exception of the National Tertiary Education Union, all those asked said they had no concerns. See for example Mr Michael Beaton-Wells, Executive Director, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 8; Professor John Rosenberg, Representative, Innovative Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 26; Mr Adrian McComb, Executive Officer, Council of Private Higher Education, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 32.

[60]      Section 198, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011.

[61]      Bond University, Submission 2, p. 2.

[62]      Section 196, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011.

[63]      Section 5, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011.

[64]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, p. 96.

[65]      Mr David Buckingham, Principal Adviser, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Monash University, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 13.

[66]      Mr David Buckingham, Principal Adviser, Office of the Vice-Chancellor, Monash University, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 14.

[67]      Mr Michael Beaton-Wells, Executive Director, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 9.

[68]      Mr Ian Hawke, Interim CEO, TEQSA, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 50.

[69]      Victorian Government, Submission 29, p. 1.

[70]      TAFE Directors Australia, Submission 32, Attachment 1, p. 5.

[71]      Mr Ian Hawke, Interim CEO, TEQSA, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 49.

[72]      Victorian Government, Submission 29, p. 1.

[73]      Victorian Government, Submission 29, p. 1.

[74]      Victorian Government, Submission 29, p. 1. See also InterMediate Government Liaison and Advisory, Submission 30, p. 6.

[75]      Victorian Government, Submission 29, p. 6.

[76]      Western Australian Minister for Education, Submission 28, pp 1–2.

[77]      Professor Peter Coaldrake, Chair, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 2.

[78]      Professor Greg Craven, Committee Member, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 2.

[79]      Mr David Hazlehurst, Group Manager, Higher Education Group, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Proof Committee Hansard, 19 April 2011, p. 43.

[80]      South Australian Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology, Submission 9, p. 2.

[81]      Council of Private Higher Education, Submission 25, p. 1.