Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026

Matt O'Sullivan

by leave—I move opposition amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 4096 and (1) to (3) on sheet 4106 together:

SHEET 4096

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (after table item 4), insert:

(2) Page 52 (after line 11), after Schedule 1, insert:

Schedule 1A — Amendments relating to Table B providers

Higher Education Support Act 2003

1 Subsection 16-20(1) (table)

Before:

insert:

2 Transitional rules

(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments made by this Schedule.

(2) To avoid doubt, the rules may not do the following:

(a) create an offence or civil penalty;

(b) provide powers of:

(i) arrest or detention; or

(ii) entry, search or seizure;

(c) impose a tax;

(d) set an amount to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund under an appropriation in this Act;

(e) directly amend the text of this Act.

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SHEET 4106

(1) Schedule 1, item 59, page 44 (line 21), omit "administered or delivered", substitute "delivered (by any mode)".

(2) Schedule 1, item 59, page 44 (after line 27), at the end of subsection (1), add:

Note: For example, the mode of delivery of a unit may be online or face-to-face, or both.

(3) Schedule 1, item 59, page 45 (lines 1 to 6), omit subsection (4), substitute:

(4) An area is a high priority area if it is a Remoteness Area categorised under the *ABS Remoteness Structure as Inner Regional Australia, Outer Regional Australia, Remote Australia or Very Remote Australia.

Question agreed to.

Sean Bell

by leave—At the request of Senator Hanson, I move One Nation amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 3915 together:

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the table), add:

(2) Page 68 (after line 17), at the end of the Bill, add:

Schedule 5 — Amendments relating to the publication of the average income of graduates

Higher Education Support Act 2003

1 After section 36-65

Insert:

36-67 Providers to comply with regulations under section 238-1B

A higher education provider must comply with requirements prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of section 238-1B (publication of average income of relevant graduates) to the extent (if any) to which the requirements are applicable to the higher education provider.

2 After section 238-1A

Insert:

238-1B Publication of average income of relevant graduates

(1) The regulations must establish a scheme to facilitate the publication of information about the average taxable income, for an income year, of relevant graduates:

(a) 2 income years after graduating; and

(b) 5 income years after graduating; and

(c) 10 income years after graduating.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may provide for and in relation to the following:

(a) the publication of information about the average taxable income, for an income year, of relevant graduates who have completed a specified *course of study at a specified higher education provider;

(b) the publication of information about the average taxable income, for an income year, of relevant graduates who have received a specified class of *higher education award from a specified higher education provider.

(3) The regulations may require, in prescribed circumstances, a higher education provider to publish, on the higher education provider's website, information about the average taxable income, for an income year, of relevant graduates who have undertaken a *course of study with that higher education provider.

(4) The regulations may require a higher education provider to give to the *Commissioner information (including *personal information) that is in its possession relating to students that the *Commissioner reasonably requires for the purposes of a scheme established for the purposes of subsection (1).

(5) In this section:

graduate meansobtain a *higher education award.

relevant graduate has the meaning prescribed by the regulations.

Matt O'Sullivan

These amendments relate to the publication of the average income of graduates. The coalition will support this measure. It's a simple and straightforward transparency measure that allows students, parents, taxpayers and everyone with an interest in higher education to draw a clear and direct link to how they perform in the workplace. It will help students make informed decisions about their prospects, and it incentivises providers to align their degrees with employment outcomes. This is a sensible measure. That is why we'll support it.

Slade Brockman

The question is that One Nation amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 3915 be agreed to.