The senate inquiry report into Independent Youth Allowance lacks substance and solutions to making the system fair for regional students, the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education, Senator Fiona Nash.
The inquiry looked at the merits of a Coalition bill that seeks to amend the curre... ...more
The Coalition is optimistic its legislation to make the Independent Youth Allowance fair to regional students will be debated and passed in the senate next week.
The Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education, Senator Fiona Nash, introduced the bill last October but Labor ensured... ...more
The Tertiary Education Minister, Senator Chris Evans, can’t keep avoiding regional students affected by the Labor government’s changes to Independent Youth Allowance.
The Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education, Senator Fiona Nash, last October, invited him on a tour of region... ...more
Regional students missing out on the Independent Youth Allowance should have their say, in the lead up to the first parliament sitting for 2011.
Senators Fiona Nash and John Williams are part of the Coalition team that’s determined to make the system fair. Thousands of students living in `inner reg... ...more
295 days ago the Labor government changed the eligibility criteria for the Independent Youth Allowance.
Many regional students have spent those 295 days worrying how they’ll now afford tertiary study.
“There’s been overwhelming anecdotal and factual evidence on how the government’s tightening... ...more
The Prime Minister and Tertiary Education Minister are under mounting pressure to fix the mess they made with the Independent Youth Allowance.
The Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education, Fiona Nash, has written to them both, urging them to make the system fair f... ...more
Grants under the Rural Tertiary Hardship Fund don’t go far enough to help regional students afford tertiary studies, the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education, Senator Fiona Nash, said.
The federal government released the criteria for the grants last Friday – two weeks past ... ...more
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Senator Barnaby Joyce, Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Water
Senator Simon Birmingham, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin and Environment
The Hon. Warren Truss, Federal Nati... ...more