LI 2025/3


Student Assistance Act 1973

Legislative Instrument

I, Amanda Rishworth, Minister for Social Services, make the following Determination.

1 Name

This instrument is the Student Assistance (Education Institutions and Courses) Amendment (Masters by Coursework) Determination 2025.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Provisions Commencement Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3 Authority

This instrument is made under subsection 5D(1) of the Student Assistance Act 1973.

4 Schedules

The instrument that is specified in Schedule 1 to this instrument is amended as set out in the applicable items in Schedule 1, and any other item in Schedule 1 to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Student Assistance (Education Institutions and Courses) Determination 2019

1 Schedule 3 (table – Item 5)

Before "Juris Doctor", insert "Doctor of Medicine and Surgery".

2 Schedule 3 (table – Item 5)

Omit "Medicinae ac Chirurgiae Doctoranda".

3 Schedule 3 (table – Item 11)

Before "Master of Clinical Audiology", insert "Doctor of Pharmacy".

4 Schedule 3 (table – Item 11)

Omit "Master of Pharmacy".

5 Schedule 3 (table – Item 15)

After "Master of Social Work", insert "Master of Speech Pathology".

6 Schedule 3 (table – Item 16)

Omit "Master of Practical Theology".

7 Schedule 3 (table – after Item 17)

Add:

17A EQUALS International Master of Social Work Qualifying

8 Schedule 3 (table – Item 20)

After "Master of Speech Pathology", insert "Master of Teaching (Birth to 5)".

9 Schedule 3 (table – after Item 24)

Add:

24A Ikon Institute of Australia Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy

Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)

10 Schedule 3 (table – Item 29)

Omit "Master of Dietetic Practice" and "Master of Financial Analysis (Investment)".

11 Schedule 3 (table – Item 29)

After "Master of Nanotechnology", insert "Master of Nurse Practitioner".

12 Schedule 3 (table – Item 29)

After "Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner)", insert "Master of Nursing Practice".

13 Schedule 3 (table – Item 48)

After "Master of Geography", insert "Master of Industrial Engineering".

14 Schedule 3 (table – Item 49)

After "Master of Nursing Practice", insert "Master of Nursing Practice (Preregistration)".

15 Schedule 3 (table – Item 49)

After "Master of Psychology (Clinical)", insert "Master of Psychology (Clinical) Advanced Entry".

16 Schedule 3 (table – Item 51)

After "Master of Professional Psychology", insert "Master of Social Work (Qualifying)".

17 Schedule 3 (table – Item 53)

After "Master of Nurse Practitioner", insert "Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry)".

18 Schedule 3 (table – Item 54)

Omit "Master of Surveying".

19 Schedule 3 (table – Item 55)

After "Master of Education (Guidance and Counselling)", insert "Master of Education (Guidance, Counselling and Careers)".

20 Schedule 3 (table – Item 55)

Omit "Master of Engineering Science", "Master of Learning and Teaching" and "Master of Professional Accounting".

21 Schedule 3 (table – Item 55)

After "Master of Learning and Teaching (Secondary)", insert "Master of Professional Engineering".

22 Schedule 3 (table – Item 59)

After "Master of Counselling", insert "Master of Dietetics (Sports Nutrition)".

23 Schedule 3 (table – Item 63)

After "Doctor of Medicine", insert "Juris Doctor".



26 March 2025

Amanda Rishworth
Minister for Social Services


Registration Number: F2025L00453

Registration Date: 31 March 2025

Related Explanatory Statements:

LI 2025/3 - Explanatory statement