Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, I indicate my support for this amendment. Whilst it is quite a different approach to the approach in my amendment it still covers the same principle, in a sense; that is, what do you do in circumstances that go beyond where there is a loss of accommodation expenses, particularly prepaid expenses? I understand the government's position, and that was also traversed in my amendment with Senator Feeney, but my question to the minister is, is there any scope at the moment in this bill to cover a loss that a student may sustain as a result of prepaid accommodation expenses? In other words, is there any capacity for that student, who has paid accommodation upfront in addition to tuition fees, to receive some form of recompense or compensation?