States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act 1988
No. 62 of 1988
An Act to amend the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 1987, and for related purposes
[Assented to 15 June 1988]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title etc.
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act 1988.
(2) In this Act, “Principal Act” means the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Act 19871.
Commencement
2. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 19 shall be taken to have commenced at the commencement of the States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1987.
Promotion of equality of opportunity
3. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (5) “$1,232,000” and substituting “$1,255,000”.
Recurrent grants may be increased to assist institutions in promoting greater participation of Aboriginals in higher education
4. Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (5) “$8,730,000” and substituting “$358,000”.
Special assistance for students
5. Section 13 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (4) “$4,108,000” and substituting “$4,063,500”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph 13 (6) (b) “and”;
(c) by adding at the end of subsection 13 (6) the following word and paragraph:
“; and (d) the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister by the college, not later than such date as the Minister specifies, such statistical and other information as the Minister requires in respect of the provision by the college of financial assistance to it in that year.”.
Special research assistance
6. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (4) “$12,838,000” and substituting “$12,531,000”.
Recurrent grants may be increased to assist institutions in meeting certain superannuation expenses
7. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (3) “$38,513,000” and substituting “$62,237,000”.
8. After section 15 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Division 1 of Part II:
Recurrent grants may be increased to assist institutions in meeting Second Tier Wage Case decisions
“15a. (1) The Minister may, on or before 30 June 1988, determine, for the purposes of this section, that expenditure of a specified kind by prescribed institutions, being expenditure incurred, or to be incurred, in giving effect to:
(a) a decision of the Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission making a second tier adjustment of salaries and wages in accordance with the wage fixation principles set out by the Commission in its National Wage case decision of 10 March 1987; or
(b) a decision of a State Industrial Authority making a second tier adjustment of salaries and wages in accordance with wage fixation
principles laid down by that Authority that are consistent with the wage fixation principles referred to in paragraph (a);
shall be relevant second tier wage expenditure.
“(2) Where the Minister is satisfied that a prescribed institution has incurred, or will incur, relevant second tier wage expenditure, the Minister may, on or before 30 June 1988, determine an amount of additional financial assistance payable in relation to the prescribed institution in respect of the year 1988, and, subject to subsection (3), the amount specified in Schedule 1, 2, 5, 6 or 7 (as the case requires) in relation to the prescribed institution, shall be deemed to be increased by the amount so determined.
“(3) The aggregate of the amounts determined under subsection (2) shall not exceed $46,254,000.
“(4) In this section:
‘prescribed institution’ means:
(a) a university in a State;
(b) a college of advanced education in a State;
(c) an institute of tertiary education in a State at which courses of advanced education are provided;
(d) a technical and further education institution in a State at which courses of advanced education are provided; or
(e) a non-government teachers college;
‘State Industrial Authority’ has the same meaning as in the Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1903.”.
9. After section 17 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Division 2:
Recurrent grants in respect of drug and alcohol education in teaching hospitals
“17a. (1) In relation to each university specified in Schedule 4a, there is payable to the relevant State, for the purpose of financial assistance in relation to the review of, and research in connection with, the undergraduate medical curriculum of the university in so far as it is concerned with matters relating to the abuse of alcohol and drugs, in respect of the year 1988, the amount specified in that Schedule in relation to the university.
“(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (1) in relation to a university on the conditions that:
(a) the State will pay each amount of that financial assistance received by it to the university without undue delay;
(b) the State will ensure that the sum of the amounts expended by the university for the purpose of the review and research referred to in subsection (1) in the university in respect of the year 1988, is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the
State under subsection (1) in relation to the university in respect of that year; and
(c) the State will ensure that the university furnishes to the Minister, not later than 30 September 1989, a statement by a qualified auditor, in accordance with the approved form, as to the amounts expended as described in paragraph (b).”.
Grants for expenditure in connection with the provision of courses of advanced education in institutes of tertiary education
10. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(4) The Minister may determine that an amount (in this subsection called the ‘relevant amount’) expended by an institute of tertiary education in connection with the provision, in respect of the year 1988, of courses of advanced education is an amount of expenditure that, in the opinion of the Minister, represents moneys that were paid to the institute by a State:
(a) out of moneys granted by the Commonwealth to the State under section 4 of the States Grants (Nurse Education Transfer Assistance) Act 1985; or
(b) out of moneys other than those referred to in paragraph (a) under an agreement entered into under subsection 4 (1) of the States Grants (Nurse Education Transfer Assistance) Act 1985;
and, where the Minister makes such a determination, the sum of the amounts expended by the institute in connection with the provision of courses of advanced education in respect of that year shall be taken, for the purposes of this section, to be reduced by an amount equal to the relevant amount.”.
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with the provision of technical and further education
11. Section 21 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) “$103,100,000” and substituting “$104,710,000”.
Grants for adult education
12. Section 22 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (3) “$2,474,000” and substituting “$2,491,000”.
Grants for advanced English language courses for migrants
13. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (2) “$3,918,000” and substituting “$3,945,000”.
Grants for building or equipment expenditure in connection with the provision of technical and further education
14. Section 31 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by omitting from subsection (4) “$174,831,000” and substituting “$180,368,000”;
(b) by omitting paragraph (5) (b) and substituting the following paragraph:
“(b) the State will ensure that the sum of:
(i) the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in relation to work carried out before 1 January 1989 in connection with proposals for building expenditure approved under subsection (1); and
(ii) the amounts expended by the State and by instrumentalities of the State in connection with proposals for equipment expenditure approved under subsection (1), being amounts expended before 1 January 1989 or expended on or after that date in respect of commitments entered into before that date;
is not less than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under subsection (4) in relation to the proposals;”.
Variation of amounts relating to recurrent expenditure for universities and advanced education
15. Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (3) “, 4a” after “2”.
Reports by the Minister
16. Section 48 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting “, 15a” after “15”.
Substitution of Schedules
17. The Schedules to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 1 to this Act are substituted.
Payments made before Royal Assent
18. Payments (including advances) by way of financial assistance made to a State or to the Northern Territory under the Principal Act shall be deemed to have been made also for the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.
Amendment of States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1987
19. The States Grants (Tertiary Education Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1987 is amended as set out in Schedule 2.
SCHEDULE 1 Section 17
NEW SCHEDULES TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT
schedule 1 Section 10
GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE BY UNIVERSITIES FOR UNIVERSITY PURPOSES
Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Amount of grant in respect of 1988 |
| |
| |
University | |
| $ |
NEW SOUTH WALES |
|
The Macquarie University.............................. | 56,212,000 |
The University of New South Wales....................... | 141,275,000 |
The University of Newcastle............................ | 41,207,000 |
The University of Wollongong........................... | 41,007,000 |
University of New England............................. | 44,663,000 |
University of Sydney................................. | 147,622,000 |
Total...................................... | 471,986,000 |
VICTORIA |
|
Deakin University................................... | 31,567,000 |
La Trobe University.................................. | 73,968,000 |
Monash University................................... | 102,885,000 |
University of Melbourne............................... | 129,044,000 |
Total...................................... | 337,464,000 |
QUEENSLAND |
|
Griffith University................................... | 28,482,000 |
James Cook University of North Queensland................. | 30,629,000 |
The University of Queensland........................... | 123,430,000 |
Total...................................... | 182,541,000 |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
|
Murdoch University.................................. | 30,287,000 |
The University of Western Australia....................... | 72,766,000 |
Total...................................... | 103,053,000 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA |
|
The Flinders University of South Australia................... | 37,327,000 |
The University of Adelaide............................. | 74,998,000 |
Total...................................... | 112,325,000 |
TASMANIA |
|
University of Tasmania................................ | 43,433,000 |
TOTAL—ALL STATES........................ | 1,250,802,000 |
SCHEDULE 1—continued
schedule 2 Section 10
GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE BY COLLEGES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION ON COLLEGE PURPOSES
Column 1 | Column 2 |
College of Advanced Education | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 |
| $ |
NEW SOUTH WALES |
|
Armidale College Advanced Education........................ | 6,684,000 |
Catholic College of Education Sydney Ltd...................... | 8,834,000 |
Cumberland College of Health Science........................ | 13,880,000 |
Hawkesbury Agricultural College............................ | 11,051,000 |
Hunter Institute of Higher Education.......................... | 15,557,000 |
Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education..................... | 13,512,000 |
Macarthur Institute of Higher education........................ | 13,451,000 |
Mitchell College of Advanced education....................... | 16,086,000 |
Nepean College of Advanced Education........................ | 15,445,000 |
New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music................. | 4,049,000 |
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education.................. | 9,142,000 |
Orange Agricultural College............................... | 3,381,000 |
Riverina-Murray Institute of Higher Education................... | 24,775,000 |
Sydney College of Advanced Education........................ | 23,692,000 |
Sydney College of the Arts................................ | 1,484,083 |
University of Technology, Sydney........................... | 45,830,000 |
Total.......................................... | 226,853,083 |
VICTORIA |
|
Ballarat College of Advanced Education....................... | 13,982,000 |
Bendigo College of Advanced Education....................... | 12,641,000 |
Chisholm Institute of Technology............................ | 32,865,000 |
Footscray Institute of Technology............................ | 22,828,000 |
Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education...................... | 12,117,000 |
Hawthorn Institute of Education............................. | 7,430,000 |
Institute of Catholic Education.............................. | 7,994,000 |
Melbourne College of Advanced Education..................... | 23,491,000 |
Phillip Institute of Technology.............................. | 25,190,000 |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Ltd.................... | 58,781,000 |
Swinburne Limited..................................... | 29,438,000 |
The Victoria College of the Arts............................. | 5,188,000 |
Victoria College....................................... | 33,147,000 |
Victorian College of Pharmacy Ltd........................... | 3,652,000 |
Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education................... | 7,540,000 |
Total.......................................... | 296,284,000 |
QUEENSLAND |
|
Brisbane College of Advanced Education....................... | 44,251,000 |
Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education..................... | 15,681,000 |
Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education.................. | 22,673,000 |
Gold Coast College of Advanced Education..................... | 2,215,000 |
Queensland Agricultural College............................ | 11,317,000 |
Queensland Conservatorium of Music......................... | 2,936,000 |
Queensland Institute of Technology.......................... | 44,637,000 |
Total.......................................... | 143,710,000 |
SCHEDULE 1—continued
Column 1 | Column 2 |
College of Advanced Education | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 |
| $ |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
|
Curtin University of Technology........................... | 63,619,000 |
Western Australian College of Advanced Education.............. | 43,608,000 |
Total........................................ | 107,227,000 |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA |
|
Roseworthy Agricultural College........................... | 5,011,000 |
South Australian College of Advanced Education................ | 48,093,000 |
South Australian Institute of Technology...................... | 34,601,000 |
Total........................................ | 87,705,000 |
TASMANIA |
|
Tasmanian State Institute of Technology...................... | 14,053,000 |
TOTAL—ALL STATES........................... | 875,832,083 |
SCHEDULE 3 Section 16 | |
SPECIAL RESEARCH GRANTS FOR UNIVERSITIES | |
Column 1 | Column 2 |
University | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 |
| $ |
NEW SOUTH WALES— |
|
The Macquarie University............................... | 753,000 |
The University of New South Wales......................... | 2,432,000 |
The University of Newcastle.............................. | 523,000 |
The University of Newcastle.............................. | 439,000 |
The University of Wollongong............................ | 873,000 |
University of Sydney................................... | 2,401,000 |
Total........................................ | 7,421,000 |
VICTORIA— |
|
Deakin University..................................... | 366,000 |
La Trobe University................................... | 941,000 |
Monash University.................................... | 1,653,000 |
University of Melbourne................................ | 2,181,000 |
Total........................................ | 5,141,000 |
QUEENSLAND— |
|
Griffith University.................................... | 450,000 |
James Cook University of North Queensland................... | 424,000 |
The University of Queensland............................. | 1,930,000 |
Total........................................ | 2,804,000 |
SCHEDULE 1—continued | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | |
University | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 | |
| $ | |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA— |
| |
Murdoch University................................... | 439,000 | |
The University of Western Australia......................... | 1,308,000 | |
Total.................................... | 1,747,000 | |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA— |
| |
The Flinders University of South Australia.................... | 497,000 | |
The University of Adelaide............................... | 1,219,000 | |
Total.................................... | 1,716,000 | |
TASMANIA— |
| |
University of Tasmania................................. | 523,000 | |
TOTAL—ALL STATES....................... | 19,352,000 | |
schedule 4 Section 17 | ||
GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OF TEACHING HOSPITALS OF UNIVERSITIES | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | |
University | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 | |
NEW SOUTH WALES— | $ | |
The University of New South Wales......................... | 544,000 | |
The University of Newcastle.............................. | 126,000 | |
University of Sydney................................... | 628,000 | |
Total.................................... | 1,298,000 | |
VICTORIA— |
| |
Monash University.................................... | 387,000 | |
University of Melbourne................................ | 659,000 | |
Total.................................... | 1,046,000 | |
QUEENSLAND— |
| |
The University of Queensland............................. | 507,000 | |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA— |
| |
The University of Western Australia......................... | 220,000 | |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA— |
| |
The Flinders University of South Australia.................... | 126,000 | |
The University of Adelaide............................... | 366,000 | |
Total.................................... | 492,000 | |
SCHEDULE 1—continued | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | |
University | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 | |
TASMANIA— | $ | |
University of Tasmania................................. | 99,000 | |
TOTAL—ALL STATES................................ | 3,662,000 | |
schedule 4a Section 17a | ||
GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE IN RELATION TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL EDUCATION AT UNIVERSITIES | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | |
University | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 | |
| $ | |
NEW SOUTH WALES— |
| |
The University of New South Wales......................... | 56,000 | |
The University of Newcastle.............................. | 56,000 | |
University of Sydney................................... | 56,000 | |
Total......................................... | 168,000 | |
VICTORIA— |
| |
Monash University.................................... | 56,000 | |
University of Melbourne................................ | 56,000 | |
Total......................................... | 112,000 | |
QUEENSLAND— |
| |
The University of Queensland............................. | 56,000 | |
WESTERN AUSTRALIA— |
| |
The University of Western Australia......................... | 56,000 | |
SOUTH AUSTRALIA— |
| |
The Flinders University of South Australia.................... | 56,000 | |
The University of Adelaide............................... | 56,000 | |
Total......................................... | 112,000 | |
TASMANIA— |
| |
University of Tasmania................................. | 56,000 | |
TOTAL—ALL STATES................................ | 560,000 | |
SCHEDULE 1—continued
schedule 5 Section 18
GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE BY INSTITUTES OF TERTIARY EDUCATION
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Institute of Tertiary Education | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 |
| $ |
NEW SOUTH WALES |
|
The New South Wales Institute of the Arts................... | 8,449,000 |
VICTORIA |
|
The Western Institute................................. | 3,553,000 |
The Wodonga Institute of Tertiary Education................. | 131,000 |
Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture.............. | 2,137,000 |
Total....................................... | 5,821,000 |
NORTHERN TERRITORY |
|
Darwin Institute of Technology.......................... | 9,600,000 |
TOTAL—ALL STATES......................... | 23,870,000 |
schedule 6 Section 19
GRANTS FOR EXPENDITURE BY STATES ON PROVISION OF COURSES OF ADVANCED EDUCATION IN TECHNICAL AND FURTHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Technical and Further Education Institution | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 |
| $ |
NEW SOUTH WALES |
|
Argyle College of Technology and Further Education............. | 89,000 |
Bathurst College of Technical and Further Education.............. | 68,000 |
Hamilton College of Technical and Further Education............. | 157,000 |
Kurri Kurri College of Technical and Further Education............ | 47,000 |
Ryde college of Technical and Further Education................ | 1,447,000 |
Sydney Technology College.............................. | 2,492,000 |
Wollongong College of Technology and Further Education.......... | 47,000 |
Total........................................ | 4,347,000 |
QUEENSLAND |
|
Kangaroo Point College of Technical and Further Education......... | 152,000 |
Mackay College of Technical and Further Education.............. | 99,000 |
SCHEDULE 1—continued | |
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Technical and Further Education Institution | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 |
| $ |
Queensland College of Art............................... | 2,492,000 |
Technical Correspondence School.......................... | 199,000 |
Townsville College of Technical and Further Education............ | 1,050,000 |
Total........................................ | 3,992,000 |
Total—All States................................ | 8,339,000 |
schedule 7 Section 20 | |
MAXIMUM GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE BY NON-GOVERNMENT TEACHERS COLLEGES | |
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Non-government Teachers College | Amount of grant in respect of 1988 |
| $ |
Avondale College..................................... | 1,207,000 |
McAuley College..................................... | 2,184,000 |
Total........................................ | 3,391,000 |
schedule 8 Section 26 | |
GRANTS FOR EQUIPMENT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS | |
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Higher Education Institution | Maximum grant in respect of 1988 |
| $ |
NEW SOUTH WALES |
|
Armidale College of Advanced Education..................... | 179,000 |
Avondale College..................................... | 63,000 |
Catholic College of Education Sydney Ltd..................... | 275,000 |
Cumberland College of Health Sciences...................... | 1,162,000 |
Hawkesbury Agricultural College.......................... | 560,000 |
Hunter Institute of Higher Education........................ | 523,000 |
Kuring-gai College of Advanced Education.................... | 414,000 |
Macarthur Institute of Higher Education...................... | 980,000 |
Mitchell College of Advanced Education...................... | 538,000 |
Nepean College of Advanced Education...................... | 773,000 |
New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music................ | 157,000 |
Northern Rivers College of Advanced Education................ | 355,000 |
Orange Agricultural College.............................. | 150,000 |