Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

that the University of Sydney has to step in to spend $30 million over 3 years to preserve student services supplied by student organisations,

(ii)

that this decision may mean that construction of research facilities at the University of Sydney will be delayed, and

(iii)

despite this injection of much needed funds, there will still be an $18 million shortfall in funding for student services at the university over the next 3 years; and

(b)

calls on the Government to amend the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to allow universities to charge compulsory fees to students so students can provide the full range of student services that make up the ‘rich student experience’ that the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sydney is attempting to preserve with this payment.

Question put.