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17th Dec 2015
Higher Education Support Amendment (Vet Fee-Help Reform) Bill 2015 - Second Reading - VET Ombudsman and audit
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
11th Nov 2015 – Representatives Higher Education Support Amendment (Vet Fee-Help Reform) Bill 2015 - Consideration in Detail - Labor amendments
Summary
EditThe majority voted against amendments to the bill introduced by Labor MP Sharon Bird. Although the Coalition Government voted against the amendments, they did not oppose the intent of them (see National Party MP Luke Hartsuyker's comments).
The amendments were introduced to address the problem of training providers using salespeople to target disadvantaged areas and using high-pressure sales tactics to encourage poor students to enrol. Read more about this on ABC News.
What does the bill do?
The bill introduces a new compliance regime for the Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector. It also introduces new measures such as requiring students under 18 years old to get their parent's approval before getting a VET FEE-HELP loan.
To read more about the bill see the bills digest.
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | Yes | |
| Australian Labor Party (85% turnout) | 47 Yes – 0 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Yes | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Yes | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Yes | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | Yes | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Yes | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Yes | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | Yes | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Yes | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Yes | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Yes | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Yes | |
| Pat Conroy Charlton | Yes | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | Yes | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | Yes | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | Yes | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Yes | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Yes | |
| Gary Gray Brand | Yes | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | Yes | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | Yes | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | Yes | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Yes | |
| Stephen Jones Throsby | Yes | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
| Andrew Leigh Fraser | Yes | |
| Alannah Mactiernan Perth | Yes | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Yes | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Yes | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Yes | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | Yes | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Yes | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Yes | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Yes | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Yes | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | Absent | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | Absent | |
| David Feeney Batman | Absent | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | Absent | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Absent | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | Absent | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | No | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa Deputy Speaker | No | |
| Cathy McGowan Indi Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | Yes | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (88% turnout) | 0 Yes – 63 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | No | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | No | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | No | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | No | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | No | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | No | |
| Jamie Briggs Mayo | No | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | No | |
| Mal Brough Fisher | No | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | No | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | No | |
| David Coleman Banks | No | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | No | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | No | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | No | |
| Teresa Gambaro Brisbane | No | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | No | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | No | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | No | |
| Sarah Henderson Corangamite | No | |
| Peter Hendy Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | No | |
| Eric Hutchinson Lyons | No | |
| Steve Irons Swan | No | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | No | |
| Ewen Jones Herbert | No | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | No | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | No | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | No | |
| Craig Laundy Reid | No | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | No | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | No | |
| Louise Markus Macquarie | No | |
| Russell Matheson Macarthur | No | |
| Karen McNamara Dobell | No | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | No | |
| Andrew Nikolic Bass | No | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | No | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | No | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | No | |
| Melissa Price Durack | No | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | No | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | No | |
| Wyatt Roy Longman | No | |
| Fiona Scott Lindsay | No | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | No | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | No | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | No | |
| Ann Sudmalis Gilmore | No | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | No | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | No | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | No | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | No | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | No | |
| Nickolas Varvaris Barton | No | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | No | |
| Brett Whiteley Braddon | No | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | No | |
| Matt Williams Hindmarsh | No | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | No | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | No | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | No | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Absent | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Absent | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Absent | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Absent | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | Absent | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | Absent | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Absent | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | Absent | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | Absent | |
| National Party (86% turnout) | 0 Yes – 12 No | |
| Andrew Broad Mallee | No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | No | |
| George Christensen Dawson | No | |
| John Cobb Calare | No | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | No | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | No | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | No | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | No | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | No | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | No | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | No | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | No | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Absent | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | Absent | |
| Clive Palmer Fairfax Palmer United Party | Absent | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (86% turnout) | 50 Yes – 78 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.