Senate s1451 Status Before Senate

Higher Education Support Amendment (End Dirty University Partnerships) Bill 2025

Sponsor: Mehreen Faruqi

Amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to: require higher education providers who receive Commonwealth funding to disclose existing partnerships with, or investments in, defined prohibited entities and divest from these partnerships and investments within a 6-month period; and prohibit higher education providers from appointing to their governing bodies any individual that has investments in a prohibited entity or is a member of the board of a prohibited entity.

Summary from the official bill homepage.

Progress

DateStep
Senate
13 Feb 2025Introduced and read a first time
13 Feb 2025Second reading moved
21 Jul 2025Lapsed at end of Parliament
23 Jul 2025Restored to Notice Paper
6 Nov 2025Second reading moved
6 Nov 2025Second reading debate

Official record: bill homepage at aph.gov.au, full text and documents on ParlInfo.