{"id":"F2005L02336","name":"Determination Under section 15 in Relation to Grants for Expenditure for Operating Purposes (Marginal Funding Estimates (Over Enrolments)) (16/08/2005)","slug":"f2005l02336","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":356251,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005L02336-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-09","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Determination Under section 15 in Relation to Grants for Expenditure for Operating Purposes (Marginal Funding Estimates (Over Enrolments)) (16/08/2005)","content":"Det. No. 2004-505 \nTabling No. T69\\-2004\n\n```html\n

Commonwealth of Australia

Department of Education, Science and Training

Higher Education Funding Act 1988

Determination Under section 15 in Relation to Grants for Expenditure for Operating Purposes

(Marginal Funding Estimates (Over Enrolments))



I, ROD MANNS, delegate of the Minister for Education, Science and Training, under section 15 of the Higher Education Funding Act 1988, determine the amounts set out in Column 4, to be the amounts of financial assistance for operating purposes for each of the institutions listed in column 1, in respect of 2004, with effect from the day after this instrument is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments in accordance with the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.

Column 1
State/Territory
Institution

Column 2
Amounts of
Financial Assistance

Column 3
Variation

Column 4
Revised
Amounts of
Financial Assistance

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NSW Amount (excludes GST)

Australian Catholic University:

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Charles Sturt University:

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Macquarie University:

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Southern Cross University:

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The University of New England:

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The University of New South Wales:

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The University of Newcastle:

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The University of Sydney:

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University of Technology, Sydney:

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University of Western Sydney:

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University of Wollongong:

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VIC Amount (excludes GST)

Deakin University:

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La Trobe University:

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Monash University:

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Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University:

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Swinburne University of Technology:

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The University of Melbourne:

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University of Ballarat:

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Victoria University of Technology:

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QLD Amount (excludes GST)

Central Queensland University:

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Griffith University:

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James Cook University:

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Queensland University of Technology:

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The University of Queensland:

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University of Southern Queensland:

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University of the Sunshine Coast:

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WA Amount (excludes GST)

Curtin University of Technology:

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Edith Cowan University:

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Murdoch University:

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The University of Notre Dame Australia:

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The University of Western Australia:

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SA Amount (excludes GST)

The Flinders University of South Australia:

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The University of Adelaide:

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University of South Australia:

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TAS Amount (excludes GST)

University of Tasmania:

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NT Amount (excludes GST)

Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education:

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Charles Darwin University:

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ACT Amount (excludes GST)

University of Canberra:

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CMWTH Amount (excludes GST)

Australian Maritime College:

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The Australian National University:

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:

TOTAL Australia

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Dated this 16th day of August 2005

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Rod Manns

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