Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader for Science) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I, and on behalf of Senators Xenophon, Lambie, Muir, Rhiannon and Lazarus, move:

That the following matters be referred to the Education and Employment References Committee for inquiry and report by 17 March 2015:

  (a)   the principles of the Higher Education and Research Reform Bill 2014;

  (b)   alternatives to deregulation in order to maintain a sustainable higher education system;

  (c)   the latest data and projections on student enrolments, targets, dropout rates and the Higher Education Loans Program;

  (d)   structural adjustment pressures, and the adequacy of proposed measures to sustain high quality delivery of higher education in Australia’s regions;

  (e)   the appropriateness and accuracy of government advertising in support of higher education measures, including those previously rejected by the Senate;

  (f)   research infrastructure; and

  (g)   any other related matters.

Question agreed to.