Sarah Henderson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, I well understand the provisions of the Higher Education Support Act in relation to the obligations of universities, but this is something very new. You're asking universities to ask for personal information for a very different purpose, not in relation to the student's enrolment and the student studying at university. I don't have any confidence that the government has got this right or that the government has appropriately thought through the privacy implications for students. I also raise very serious concerns that this puts universities in a very difficult position. Can you confirm whether these payments are subject to taxation?