Jacqui Lambie (Tasmania, Jacqui Lambie Network) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—At the request of Senator Pocock, I move amendments (1) to (6) on sheet 3137 together:

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (after table item 6), insert:

(2) Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 6), after item 1, insert:

1A Paragraph 140-5(1)(b)

Omit "1 June", substitute "1 December".

1B Subsection 140-5(1) (method statement)

Omit "1 June" (wherever occurring), substitute "1 December".

1C Subsection 140-10(1)

Omit "for 1 June in a financial year", substitute "for 1 December in a financial year".

(3) Schedule 1, page 6 (before line 1), before item 6, insert:

5A Section 140-20

Omit "before 1 June", substitute "before 1 December".

(4) Schedule 1, page 6 (after line 3), after item 6, insert:

6A Section 140-20

Omit "that 1 June", substitute "that 1 December".

(5) Schedule 1, page 7 (after line 26), after item 17, insert:

17A Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Part apply on and from 1 December 2025.

(6) Page 28 (after line 10), after Schedule 1, insert:

Schedule 1A — Maximum student contribution amounts for places

Part 1 — Main amendments

Higher Education Support Act 2003

1 Section 93-10

Omit "The maximum student contribution amount for a place", substitute "(1) Subject to subsection (2), the maximum student contribution amount for a place".

2 At the end of section 93-10

Add:

(2) The table in subsection (1) has effect in relation to a place in a unit of study included in the Society and Culture *funding cluster as if the amount specified for the cluster was instead the amount specified immediately before the amendments made by Schedule 2 to the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Act 2020 commenced.

Part 2 — Application provisions

3 Application provision

The amendments made by Part 1 of this Schedule apply in relation to a unit of study that has a *census date that is on or after the commencement of that Part (whether the unit of study is part of a course of study commenced before, on or after that day).