18th Feb 2021, 11:05 AM – Senate Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Provider Category Standards and Other Measures) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - National Institute of Higher Education

The majority voted against a motion introduced by NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi (Greens), which would have added the text below to the usual second reading motion. The usual second reading motion is that "the bill be read a second time," which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill.

Motion text

At the end of the motion, add: ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) there is widespread opposition to the Government's proposed use of the category title 'University College' for non-university high-performing higher education providers, and

(ii) the Government has not provided sufficient policy rationale for discarding the clear recommendation of the Provider Category Standards (PCS) Review to title the category 'National Institute of Higher Education'; and

(b) calls on the Government to implement the original recommendation of the PCS Review to adopt the title 'National Institute of Higher Education' for the category of non-university high-performing higher education institutions when drafting the instrument giving effect to its changes to provider categories"