Higher Education Funding Amendment Act 1989
No. 80 of 1989
An Act to amend the Higher Education Funding Act 1988, and for related purposes
[Assented to 21 June 1989]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title etc.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Higher Education Funding Amendment Act 1989.
(2) In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Higher Education Funding Act 19881.
Commencement
2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Definitions
3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definitions of “State” and “State Higher Education Minister” and substituting the following definitions:
“ ‘State’ includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory;
‘State Higher Education Minister’ means:
(a) in relation to a State other than the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory—the Minister of the Crown for that State who is responsible, or principally responsible, for the administration of matters relating to higher education in that State;
(b) in relation to the Australian Capital Territory—the Minister of that Territory who is responsible, or principally responsible, for the administration of matters relating to higher education in that Territory; and
(c) in relation to the Northern Territory—the Minister of that Territory who is responsible, or principally responsible, for the administration of matters relating to higher education in that Territory;”.
Institutions
4. Section 4 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the Table from subsection (1) and substituting the following Table:
“NEW SOUTH WALES
Armidale College of Advanced Education
Avondale College
Catholic College of Education Sydney Ltd
Cumberland College of Health Sciences
Hawkesbury Agricultural College
Hunter Institute of Higher Education
Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education
Macarthur Institute of Higher Education
Mitchell College of Advanced Education
Nepean College of Advanced Education
New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education
Orange Agricultural College
Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education
Sydney College of Advanced Education
The Macquarie University
The New South Wales Institute of the Arts
The University of New South Wales
The University of Newcastle
The University of Western Sydney
The University of Wollongong
University of New England
University of Sydney
University of Technology, Sydney
VICTORIA
Ballarat College of Advanced Education
Bendigo College of Advanced Education
Chisholm Institute of Technology
Deakin University
Footscray Institute of Technology
Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education
Hawthorn Institute of Education
Institute of Catholic Education
La Trobe University
Marcus Oldham College of Farm Management
Monash University
Phillip Institute of Technology
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Ltd
Swinburne Limited
The Victorian College of the Arts
The Western Institute
The Wodonga Institute of Tertiary Education
University of Melbourne
Victoria College
Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture
Victorian College of Pharmacy Ltd
Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane College of Advanced Education
Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education
Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education
Gold Coast College of Advanced Education
Griffith University
James Cook University of North Queensland
McAuley College
Queensland Agricultural College
Queensland Conservatorium of Music
Queensland University of Technology
The University of Queensland
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Curtin University of Technology
Murdoch University
The University of Western Australia
Western Australian College of Advanced Education
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Roseworthy Agricultural College
South Australian College of Advanced Education
South Australian Institute of Technology
The Flinders University of South Australia
The University of Adelaide
TASMANIA
Tasmanian State Institute of Technology
University of Tasmania
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Batchelor College
The Northern Territory University
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Signadou College of Education”.
References to the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory
5. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting “the Australian Capital Territory or” after “this Act to” (first occurring).
Maximum grants
6. Section 17 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) “$2,195,002,000” and substituting “$2,213,382,000”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) “$2,228,979,000” and substituting “$2,240,750,000”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (c) “$2,288,299,000” and substituting “$2,280,659,000”.
Grants for Aboriginal participation projects
7. Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (4) (b) “$12,769,000” and substituting “$12,928,000”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (4) (c) “$13,310,000” and substituting “$13,476,000”.
Grants for superannuation expenses
8. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (3) (a) “$108,103,000” and substituting “$108,829,000”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (3) (b) “$116,652,000” and substituting “$118,106,000”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (3) (c) “$125,633,000” and substituting “$127,199,000”.
Grants for projects of national priority
9. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (3) (a) “$26,209,000” and substituting “$26,304,000”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (3) (b) “$26,805,000” and substituting “$27,139,000”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (3) (c) “$27,643,000” and substituting “$27,987,000”.
Promotion of equality of opportunity
10. Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (5) (a) “$1,299,000” and substituting “$1,307,000”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (5) (b) “$1,299,000” and substituting “$1,315,000”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (5) (c) “$1,299,000” and substituting “$1,315,000”.
Special research assistance
11. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (4) (a) “$15,612,000” and substituting “$15,717,000”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (4) (b) “$36,472,000” and substituting “$36,927,000”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (4) (c) “$62,547,000” and substituting “$63,327,000”.
Grants in respect of teaching hospitals
12. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (3) (a) “$3,789,000” and substituting “$3,815,000”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (3) (b) “$3,789,000” and substituting “$3,836,000”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (3) (c) “$3,789,000” and substituting “$3,836,000”.
Grants in respect of drug and alcohol education in teaching hospitals
13. Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) “$581,000” and substituting “$584,000”.
(b) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “$581,000” and substituting “$588,000”.
Grants for building projects
14. Section 26 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (5) “$81,684,000” (wherever occurring) and substituting “$84,669,000”.
Grants for Aboriginal participation projects
15. Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (4) (b) “$4,589,000” and substituting “$4,646,000”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (4) (c) “$8,448,000” and substituting “$8,553,000”.
Promotion of equality of opportunity
16. Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (5) (a) “$2,086,000” and substituting “$2,100,000”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (5) (b) “$2,086,000” and substituting “$2,112,000”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (5) (c) “$2,086,000” and substituting “$2,112,000”.
Grants for building projects
17. Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from paragraph (5) (a) “$30,316,000” and substituting “$31,424,000”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (5) (b) “$69,524,000” and substituting “$72,064,000”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (5) (c) “$102,596,000” and substituting “$106,345,000”.
Grants for renovation projects
18. Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (5) “$19,760,000” and substituting “$20,482,000”.
Interpretation
19. Section 34 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraph (4) (g).
NOTE
1. No. 2, 1989.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 11 May 1989
Senate on 24 May 1989]