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13 Aug 2018 · 1:27 PM · Division 1

Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018

Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Official title
Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

Second reading agreed to

Aye
38
No
32
Not recorded voting
6

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

The majority voted in favour of a motion to agree with the main idea of the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a second time.

What is the bill's main idea?

The bill was introduced to, among other things:

  • 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.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
36
No
32
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party022
Liberal Party200
Australian Greens08
Independent21
National Party30
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party30
Liberal National Party20
Nick Xenophon Team20
Australian Democrats01
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Liberal Democratic Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 36

No · 32

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