Footnotes

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, No. 18 – 6 March 2014, pp 576–7.

[2]        Recommendations 19 and 20, Professor Denise Bradley AC, et al, Review of Australian Higher Education: Final Report, December 2008.

[3]        The Hon. Julia Gillard, MP, Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, 'Budget 2009–10: New agency to set quality benchmarks in higher education', Media release, 12 May 2009; Revised Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2011, p. 3.

[4]        The Hon. Craig Emerson, MP, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research, and the Hon. Sharon Bird, MP, Minister for Higher Education and Skills, 'Reduced red tape burden for universities', Media release, 29 May 2013.

[5]        Kwong Lee Dow and Valerie Braithwaite, Review of Higher Education Regulation: Report, 2013, pp 62, 42; Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011, s. 13–16.

[6]        Kwong Lee Dow and Valerie Braithwaite, Review of Higher Education Regulation: Report, 2013, p. 43.

[7]        Kwong Lee Dow and Valerie Braithwaite, Review of Higher Education Regulation: Report, 2013, pp 36, 47.

[8]        Kwong Lee Dow and Valerie Braithwaite, Review of Higher Education Regulation: Report, 2013, pp 33–4.

[9]        Kwong Lee Dow and Valerie Braithwaite, Review of Higher Education Regulation: Report, 2013, pp 1–2.

[10]      Kwong Lee Dow and Valerie Braithwaite, Review of Higher Education Regulation: Report, 2013, p. 48.

[11]      Recommendation 1, Kwong Lee Dow and Valerie Braithwaite, Review of Higher Education Regulation: Report, 2013.

[12]      The Hon. Christopher Pyne, MP, Minister for Education, 'Government to reduce red tape in higher education', Media release, 23 October 2013.

[13]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2013, p. 1.

[14]      The Hon. Christopher Pyne, MP, Minister for Education, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill second reading speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 27 February 2014, p. 1080.

[15]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2013, p. 13.

[16]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2013, p. 22.

CHAPTER 2 - Key issues

[1]        The Hon. Christopher Pyne, MP, Minister for Education, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill second reading speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 27 February 2014, p. 1080.

[2]        National Tertiary Education Industry Union, Submission 1, pp 4–5; National Union of Students, Submission 14, pp 2, 7–10; Students' Representative Council The University of Sydney, Submission 19, p. 3.

[3]        Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2014, p. 3.

[4]        Submission 1, pp 4–5.

[5]        Submission 19, p. 3; Submission 14, [pp 7, 10]. See also: The Hon. Christopher Pyne, MP, Minister for Education, 'Upholding standards and quality in higher education', Media release on the establishment of the TEQSA Advisory Council, 22 April 2014.

[6]        Flinders University, Submission 2, p. 2.

[7]        Monash University, Submission 10, p. 1.

[8]        Council of Private Higher Education (COPHE), Submission 17, p. 2.

[9]        Department of Education, Submission 3, p. 3.

[10]      Ms Dorte Kristoffersen, Acting Chief Commissioner, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 34.

[11]      Ms Claire Field, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council for Private Education and Training, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 48.

[12]      Ms Dorte Kristoffersen, Acting Chief Commissioner, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, pp 33–5.

[13]      Professor Kwong Lee Dow, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 12.

[14]      Paragraph 134(1)(e), Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011.

[15]      Professor Kwong Lee Dow, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 14; Ms Belinda Robinson, Chief Executive, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 27.

[16]      Mr Paul Kniest, National Tertiary Education Industry Union Policy and Research Coordinator, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 7; Mr Mike Teece, Deputy Executive Director, The Group of Eight, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 21.

[17]      Professor Kwong Lee Dow, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 11.

[18]      Professor Kwong Lee Dow, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 13.

[19]      Dr Nathan Cassidy, Policy Analyst, and Ms Belinda Robinson, Chief Executive, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, pp 25, 27.

[20]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2014, p. 9.

[21]      National Tertiary Education Industry Union, Submission 1, p. 7.

[22]      Ms Jessie Borthwick, Acting Deputy Secretary, Higher Education Reform and Support, Department of Education, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 61; see also Kwong Lee Dow and Valerie Braithwaite, Review of Higher Education Regulation: Report, 2013, p. 88.

[23]      Ms Dorte Kristoffersen, Acting Chief Commissioner, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 37.

[24]      Dr Lyndal Groom, Branch Manager, Quality and Deregulation Branch, Department of Education, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 66.

[25]      Dr Julie Wells, RMIT University Secretary and Vice-President, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, pp 39, 40–1.

[26]      Ms Jessie Borthwick, Acting Deputy Secretary, Higher Education Reform and Support, Department of Education, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 64.

[27]      See subsections 21(6), 36(4), 49(6) and 56(4).

[28]      The Hon. Christopher Pyne, MP, Minister for Education, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill second reading speech, House of Representatives Hansard, 27 February 2014, p. 1080.

[29]      Universities Australia, Submission 4, p. 2; COPHE, Submission 17, p. 3.

[30]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[31]      RMIT University, Submission 18, p. 2.

[32]      Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2014, p. 22.

[33]      Department of Education, Submission 3, p. 5.

[34]      Monash University, Submission 10, p. 2.

[35]      TAFE Directors Australia (TDA), Submission 9, p. 4.

[36]      National Union of Students (NUS), Submission 14, p. 10.

[37]      RMIT University, Submission 18, p. 2.

[38]      Submission 18, p. 2.

[39]      National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU), Submission 1, p. 8.

[40]      Submission 18, p. 3.

[41]      Submission 1, p. 6.

[42]      National Union of Students (NUS), Submission 14, p. 10; Submission 19, p. 3.

[43]      Submission 18, p. 2.

[44]      Universities Australia, Submission 4, p. 3.

[45]      Professor Kwong Lee Dow, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 12.

[46]      Ms Dorte Kristoffersen, Acting Chief Commissioner, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 33.

[47]      Ms Jessie Borthwick, Acting Deputy Secretary, Higher Education Reform and Support, Department of Education, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 63; Explanatory Memorandum, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Bill 2014, p. 1.

[48]      Ms Belinda Robinson, Chief Executive, Universities Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 26.

LABOR SENATOR’S DISSENTING REPORT

[1]        K Lee Dow AO and V Braithwaite, Review of Higher Education Regulation, p. 4.

[2]        National Tertiary Education Union, Submission 1, p. 4.

[3]        The Hon Christopher Pyne MP, Minister for Education, Destination Australia: Tapping into a New Generation of International Business Students, Speech, 11 June 2014, http://www.pyneonline.com.au/speeches/business-higher-education-round-table-bhert
(accessed 13 June 2014).

[4]        Dr Julie Wells, University Secretary and Vice-President, RMIT University, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 June 2014, p. 38.

AUSTRALIAN GREENS DISSENTING REPORT

[1]        National Union of Students, Submission 14, p. 2.

[2]        National Tertiary Education Union, Submission 1, p. 6.

[3]        National Union of Students, Submission 14, pp 9–10.

[4]        Submission 1, p. 8.

[5]        Submission 1, pp 7–8.

[6]        Submission 1, p. 8.