Senate debates
Monday, 19 June 2023
Bills
Education Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Bill 2023; In Committee
6:46 pm
Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source
We do believe that they should be held to account. But, as I mentioned, we believe that there are sufficient existing mechanisms in place to ensure that higher education providers do the right thing and that we address the noncompliant delivery of courses by them. We believe that that will also be in place to cover the Startup Year. In addition, we've also said that the working group and then the pilot program will be closely assessing and monitoring the quality of courses to be approved and offered. We think we've got the appropriate mechanisms in place through both existing structures and then what we're proposing around the working group to ensure that we have this important issue covered.
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