Explanatory Memorandum
(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Education, the Honourable Dan Tehan MP)Notes on Clauses
Clause 1 - Short title
This clause provides for the Act to be the Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Act 2020.
Clause 2 - Commencement
The table in subclause 2(1) sets out when the Act's provisions will commence. The table provides that the whole of the Act commences the day after the Act receives the Royal Assent.
Subclause 2(2) provides that information in column 3 of the table at subclause 2(1) is not part of the Act and information may be inserted into column 3 or information in it may be edited in any published version of the Act.
Clause 3 - Schedules
This clause provides that any legislation that is specified in a schedule is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the schedule and that any other item in a schedule has effect according to its terms.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
HESA Higher Education Support Act 2003
French Review Report of the Independent Review of Freedom of Speech in Australian Higher Education Providers March 2019
French Model Code Model Code for the Protection of Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom in Australian Higher Education Providers
Threshold Standards Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2015
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights