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representatives vote 2023-10-19#7
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Bills — Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report) Bill 2023; Consideration of Senate Message- Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report) Bill 2023 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree with Senate's amendment
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<p class="speaker">Jason Clare</p><p>I move:</p>-
- The majority voted in favour of the [amendment](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2023-10-19/8) agreed to by the Senate, which means the bill had now been agreed to by both houses of Parliament and so can now become law.
- ### What does the bill do?
- According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2324a/24bd12) (which is a document prepared by the non-partisan parliamentary library):
- > *The purpose of the [Higher Education Support Amendment (Response to the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report) Bill 2023](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r7060) (the Bill) is to amend the Higher Education Support Act 2003 (HESA) to:*
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- > * *uncap the number of Indigenous students who can enrol in a Commonwealth supported place (CSP) by extending eligibility of demand-driven funding to all Indigenous students, rather than only Indigenous students living in regional and remote areas*
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- > * *remove the ‘unnecessarily harsh’ requirement—introduced as part of the Job-ready Graduates Package—that after 8 units of a bachelor degree, students need to maintain a pass rate of at least 50% to continue as a Commonwealth supported student and to be eligible for FEE-HELP assistance*
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- > * *motivate higher education providers to provide appropriate support for students by requiring providers to have and comply with a ‘support for students’ policy to assist in identifying students at risk of falling behind and to support them to complete their study.*
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- > *The Bill implements 2 priority actions recommended in the Australian Universities Accord Interim Report that require legislation.*
<p class="italic">That the amendment be agreed to.</p> <p class="speaker">Milton Dick</p><p>The question is that the amendment be agreed to.</p><p></p> -
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