Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse Job-Ready Graduates Fee Hikes and End 50k Arts Degrees) Bill 2025
Amends the Higher Education Support Act 2003 to provide that the maximum student contribution amounts for places in certain units of study revert to what those amounts would have been on 1 January 2026 if the amendments made by the Higher Education Support Amendment (Job-Ready Graduates and Supporting Regional and Remote Students) Act 2020 had not commenced.
Summary from the official bill homepage.
Progress
| Date | Step |
|---|---|
| Senate | |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Introduced and read a first time |
| 25 Nov 2025 | Second reading moved |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Second reading debate |
| 1 Jul 2026 | Second reading negatived |
Divisions on this bill
- 1 Jul 2026 Second Reading Negatived Senate 11–30
Official record: bill homepage at aph.gov.au, full text and documents on ParlInfo.