Thursday, March 1, 2012

FED:Speaker says Senate bill unconstitutional


AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2011
FED:Speaker says Senate bill unconstitutional

CANBERRA, Feb 21 AAP - The speaker of the House of Representatives Harry Jenkins has
determined a Senate bill on student income support is unconstitutional.

The bill, proposed by Nationals senator Fiona Nash and passed by the Senate earlier
in February, proposes to make Youth Allowance more widely available to regional students.

Mr Jenkins on Monday said he had received advice that the draft laws appropriated money
and so required a message from the …

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