House of Representatives/Senate
Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (2016 Measures No. 1) Bill 2016
Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by the authority of the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Senator the Hon Nigel Scullion)United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, General Comment No. 13: The right to education (Article 13), 21st sess, UN Doc E/C.12/1999/10 (8 December 1999), at paragraph [6] .
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, General Recommendation: No. 32: The Meaning and Scope of Special Measures in the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (August 2009), at paragraph [11].
United Nations Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights, Consideration of Reports submitted by State Parties under Articles 16 and 17 of the Covenant, Concluding Observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights , 42nd sess, UN Doc, E/C.12/AUS/CO/4 (22 May 2009), at paragraph [31].