HON CHRISTOPHER PYNE MP
Federal Member for Sturt
Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training
Manager of Opposition Business, House of Representatives
SENATOR FIONA NASH
Senator for New South Wales
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education
MEDIA STATEM... ...more
Time is running out for the Independent MPs to decide if they’ll support a bill that will make Independent Youth Allowance fair for regional students.
The Coalition’s Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional Students) Bill 2010 is expected to come to the House of Representatives as ea... ...more
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is rejecting the notion of democracy by denying members of parliament the right to consider and debate the Coalition’s independent youth allowance bill, the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education, Senator Fiona Nash, said.
The senate passed the Social Sec... ...more
The Coalition’s Independent Youth Allowance bill was passed in the senate today.
The Social Security Amendment (Income Support for Regional Students) Bill 2010 was introduced by the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education, Senator Fiona Nash, last September.
It seeks to ... ...more
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