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senate vote 2018-08-13#5

Edited by mackay staff

on 2023-06-23 07:23:02

Title

  • Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Agree with amended bill
  • Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Description

  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-08-13.167.1) to agree with the bill in its amended form. This means they can now decide on whether to read the bill for a [third time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). Giving a bill a third reading is parliamentary jargon for passing a bill.
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-08-13.169.1) to read the bill for a [third time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). Giving a bill a third reading is parliamentary jargon for passing a bill, so this means the bill is passed in the Senate and will now be sent back to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will decide on whether they agree with the Senate amendments.
  • ### What is the bill's main idea?
  • The [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6051) was introduced to, [among other things](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd096):
  • * set a lower minimum repayment threshold of $45,000 per year with a repayment rate of one per cent
  • * introduce a combined lifetime HELP loan limit of $150,000 for students studying medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses, or $104,440 for all other students that is indexed to the Consumer Price Index (CPI);
  • * change the indexation factor for HELP repayment thresholds from Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) to the CPI.
senate vote 2018-08-13#5

Edited by mackay staff

on 2023-06-23 07:20:17

Title

  • Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
  • Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Agree with amended bill

Description

  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-08-13.169.1) to agree to pass the bill in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a [third time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html).
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-08-13.167.1) to agree with the bill in its amended form. This means they can now decide on whether to read the bill for a [third time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). Giving a bill a third reading is parliamentary jargon for passing a bill.
  • ### What is the bill's main idea?
  • The [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6051) was introduced to, [among other things](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd096):
  • * set a lower minimum repayment threshold of $45,000 per year with a repayment rate of one per cent
  • * introduce a combined lifetime HELP loan limit of $150,000 for students studying medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses, or $104,440 for all other students that is indexed to the Consumer Price Index (CPI);
  • * change the indexation factor for HELP repayment thresholds from Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) to the CPI.
senate vote 2018-08-13#5

Edited by mackay staff

on 2023-06-16 13:18:05

Title

  • Bills — Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018; Third Reading
  • Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Simon Birmingham</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That this bill be now read a third time.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>
  • <p>The question is that the bill be now read a third time.</p>
  • <p>Pr oceedings suspended from 18:41 to 19:31</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-08-13.169.1) to agree to pass the bill in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a [third time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html).
  • ### What is the bill's main idea?
  • The [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6051) was introduced to, [among other things](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd096):
  • * set a lower minimum repayment threshold of $45,000 per year with a repayment rate of one per cent
  • * introduce a combined lifetime HELP loan limit of $150,000 for students studying medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses, or $104,440 for all other students that is indexed to the Consumer Price Index (CPI);
  • * change the indexation factor for HELP repayment thresholds from Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) to the CPI.