Senate debates
Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Bills
Universities Accord (Student Support and Other Measures) Bill 2024; In Committee
7:41 pm
Sarah Henderson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source
Where is that requirement that students can do so voluntarily? By reason of the obligation being a voluntary obligation, doesn't that put students in a very invidious situation where, if they are being required to hand over personal information under circumstances where there's not a legislative basis for the universities to ask for that information—doesn't it put students in a very invidious position where, in order to get the payment, they might be facilitating the provision of private information which may otherwise be in breach of the law?
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