Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

The government does not support this amendment. We have had conversations with the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee on this. There is an extensive process that providers go through in the lead-up to the payment of this annual registration charge. It is a self-assessed charge as part of the process. Consultation with the providers commences in November of the year previous to the date—that being 28 January. There is a process that provides for genuine consultation with the industry and one that provides plenty of opportunity for industry to understand what their costs and fees are likely to be and to interact with the agency and the government prior to paying the charge on 28 January as required by the proposed bill.

Question negatived.

Bill agreed to.

EDUCATION SERVICES FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2006 MEASURES No. 2) BILL 2006

Bill—by leave—taken as a whole.

Bill agreed to.

Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (2006 Measures No. 1) Bill 2006 and Education Services for Overseas Students Legislation Amendment (2006 Measures No. 2) Bill 2006 reported without amendment; report adopted.