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2019-2020
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Higher Education Support Amendment
(Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
(Education)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Higher Education
Support Act 2003
, and for related purposes
No. , 2020
Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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No. , 2020
Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020
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A Bill for an Act to amend the
Higher Education
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Support Act 2003
, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of
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Speech)
Act 2020
.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020
No. , 2020
Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
No. , 2020
Higher Education Support Amendment (Freedom of Speech) Bill 2020
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Higher Education Support Act 2003
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1 Subparagraph 2-1(a)(iv)
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Omit "free intellectual inquiry in learning, teaching and research",
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substitute "freedom of speech and academic freedom".
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2 Section 19-115 (heading)
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Omit "
free intellectual inquiry
", substitute "
freedom of speech and
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academic freedom
".
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3 Section 19-115
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Omit "free intellectual inquiry in relation to learning, teaching and
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research", substitute "freedom of speech and academic freedom".
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4 Subclause 1(1) of Schedule 1
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Insert:
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academic freedom
means the following:
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(a) the freedom of academic staff to teach, discuss, and research
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and to disseminate and publish the results of their research;
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(b) the freedom of academic staff and students to engage in
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intellectual inquiry, to express their opinions and beliefs, and
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to contribute to public debate, in relation to their subjects of
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study and research;
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(c) the freedom of academic staff and students to express their
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opinions in relation to the higher education provider in which
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they work or are enrolled;
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(d) the freedom of academic staff to participate in professional or
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representative academic bodies;
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(e) the freedom of students to participate in student societies and
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associations;
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(f) the autonomy of the higher education provider in relation to
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the choice of academic courses and offerings, the ways in
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which they are taught and the choices of research activities
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and the ways in which they are conducted.
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