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INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2006

                                     2004-2005-2006




         THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2006




                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM




 (Circulated by authority of the Minister for Education, Science and Training the Hon Julie
                                        Bishop MP)
 INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2006


                                         OUTLINE

The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000 to
appropriate additional funding to facilitate the provision of improving opportunities for
Indigenous students in the school and training sectors through additional tutorial assistance,
support for community festivals for health promotion, activities addressing substance abuse by
Indigenous youth in remote regions, and delivering school-based sporting academies and related
activities for Indigenous students.




                                   FINANCIAL IMPACT

The Bill will increase the appropriation under section 14A of the Indigenous Education
(Targeted Assistance) Act 2000 by a net $43.6 million over the 2006 to 2008 calendar years (in
initial 2005 prices). This results in:
· an increase of $25.7 million additional tutorial assistance for Indigenous school and
     vocational and technical education students;
· $9.1 million being used for school-based sporting academies and related activities for
     Indigenous students;
· $7.3 million being used for the Indigenous Youth Festivals component of the Community
     Festivals for Health Promotion programme which will reinforce the benefits of educational
     success and positive lifestyles for Indigenous young people; and
· $1.5 million being used for discouraging petrol sniffing and substance abuse in Indigenous
     young people in the central desert and other remote regions.

These amounts are subject to supplementation as prescribed in the Act.
 INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 2006

                                    NOTES ON CLAUSES


Clause 1 - Short title

Provides for the Act to be cited as the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment
Act 2006.


Clause 2 - Commencement

Provides for the Act to commence on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.


Clause 3 - Schedule(s)

Provides that each Act that is specified in a Schedule is amended or repealed as set out in the
applicable items in the Schedule and that any other item in a Schedule has effect according to its
terms.
Schedule 1 ­ Amendments

Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000



Items 1, 2 and 3 ­ Subsection 14A(1) (table items 2, 3 and 4)

Items 1, 2 and 3 amend the table in subsection 14A(1) of the Indigenous Education (Targeted
Assistance) Act 2000 (which sets out appropriations for non-ABSTUDY payments for the 2005-
2008 quadrennium).

In table item 2, the amount "$225,670,000" for the period starting on 1 January 2006 is omitted
and replaced with "228,350,000".

In table item 3, the amount "$226,543,000" for the period starting on 1 January 2007 is omitted
and replaced with "$246,226,000".

In table item 4, the amount "$225,370,000" for the period starting on 1 January 2008 is omitted
and replaced with "$246,643,000".