(This is not an ANSWD campaign.) Senate
Inquiry into Student Income Support (2004)
On 11 March 2004 the Senate referred the matter of
student income support to the Senate Employment,
Workplace Relations and Education References Committee
for inquiry.
(This is not an ANSWD campaign.) Productivity
Commission inquiry into the Disability Discrimination Act
- extended to 30 April 2004.
Campaign
against the proposed changes to the PES and the abolition
of the Student Financial Supplement Loan Scheme,
2003
(This is not an ANSWD campaign.) The Disability
Standards Project 2003 on the draft education
standards is:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/%7Eddasp/DDAStandards2.htm
- A copy of the draft Standards and a copy of the
report Net Impact of the Introduction of the
Disability Standards for Education can be found at:
http://www.dest.gov.au/edu/gen_ed_pubs.htm
- The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
has applauded today's announcement by the Federal
Minister for Education, Science and Training Dr
Brendan Nelson that the government will move
unilaterally to implement Standards under the
Disability Discrimination Act in the area of
education.
- The media release can be found at: http://www.humanrights.gov.au/media_releases/2003/38_03.html
(This is not an ANSWD campaign.) Campaign to
Maintain the Multi Purpose Taxi Program. The
Victorian State Government has announced various changes
to the Multi Purpose Taxi Program (MPTP). Some
information about the changes to the MPTP can be
found
The Federal Government's Higher Education Package: Our
Universities - Backing Australia's Future
In 2002 the Federal government conducted a review of the
higher education sector. In the 2003 Federal budget the
outcomes of that review were announced as a higher
education package called Our Universities - Backing
Australia's Future.
ANSWD has a number of concerns regarding this higher
education package, in particular the Learning Entitlement
proposal, the Commonwealth Learning Scholarships
Programme, and the package as a whole in how it will
adversely affect students with disabilities.
ANSWD's
concerns regarding the federal budget 2003
ANSWD's
concerns regarding the Federal Government's Higher
Education Package
Proposed changes to the Human Rights & Equal
Opportunity Commission (2003) - The Australian
Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003 was
introduced to Parliament on the 27th of March 2003 and
was referred to the Senate Legal and Constitutional
Legislation Committee to give all interested parties an
opportunity to comment on the reforms.
