Bill returned from the Senate with amendments.

Ordered that the amendments be considered immediately.

Senate’s amendments—

(1)    Clause 15, page 19 (line 20), before “The Minister may”, insert “(1)”.

(2)    Clause 15, page 20 (lines 4 and 5), omit “if a law of the Commonwealth or a State requires the body or authority to be audited—”, substitute “a law of the Commonwealth or a State requires the body or authority to be audited, and the Minister determines that this paragraph applies because”.

(3)    Clause 15, page 20 (after line 8), at the end of the clause, add:

        (2)    A determination made under paragraph (1)(c) is not a legislative instrument, but is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 46B of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

(4)    Clause 22, page 25 (lines 3 to 11), omit the clause.

(5)    Clause 24, page 26 (line 16), after subclause (1), insert:

     (1A)    A funding agreement must not require a report mentioned in subsection (1) to include any information that would identify a particular donor as a funding source of any non-government school or non-government body.

(6)    Clause 66, page 57 (line 6), omit “the amount worked out under subsection 67(1)”, substitute “the amounts worked out under subsections 67(1) and 67(1A)”.

(7)    Clause 67, page 57 (after line 23), after subclause 67(1), insert:

     (1A)    The regulations may specify, by reference to an amount or a formula for calculating an amount:

             (a)    an additional amount of assistance for each Indigenous student from a remote area receiving primary education at a non-remote campus;

             (b)    an additional amount of assistance for each Indigenous student from a very remote area receiving primary education at a non-remote campus.

(8)    Clause 68, page 59 (line 3), omit “the amount worked out under subsection 69(1)”, substitute “the amounts worked out under subsections 69(1) and 69(1A)”.

(9)    Clause 69, page 59 (after line 20), after subclause 69(1), insert:

     (1A)    The regulations may specify, by reference to an amount or a formula for calculating an amount:

             (a)    an additional amount of assistance for each Indigenous student from a remote area receiving secondary education at a non-remote campus;

             (b)    an additional amount of assistance for each Indigenous student from a very remote area receiving secondary education at a non-remote campus.

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