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senate vote 2015-12-02#1
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Bills — Higher Education Support Amendment (Vet Fee-Help Reform) Bill 2015; in Committee- Higher Education Support Amendment (Vet Fee-Help Reform) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Aviation industry
Description
<p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p>- The majority voted in favour of an [amendment](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2015-12-02.35.1) introduced by Senator [Glenn Lazarus](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/glenn_lazarus).
- [Senator Lazarus explained](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2015-12-02.35.1) that his amendment addresses possible *"unintended consequences on industry training sectors such as the aviation training sector"*.
- ### What does the bill do?
- The [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5535) introduces a new compliance regime for the [Vocational Education and Training](http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/education-and-training/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](http://studyassist.gov.au/sites/studyassist/helppayingmyfees/vet-fee-help/pages/vet-fee-help) loan.
- To read more about the bill see the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1516a/16bd060).
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