Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01479:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01479
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 5662–8889

5  Prescribed programs
 (1) For the purposes of subsection 33(1) of the Act, the following programs are prescribed:
  (a) the Diversity in STEM Toolkit program (the DIST program);
  (b) the Elevate: Boosting Diversity in STEM program (the Elevate program);
  (c) the Australian Diversity in Science Accreditation Framework program (the ADSAF program);
  (d) the Superstars of STEM program.
 (2) The DIST program provides funding for the provision of education and resources in respect of STEM study and careers to assist school-aged people from underrepresented cohorts.
 (3)  The Elevate program provides scholarships for women and non-binary people to undertake full-time or part-time higher education in STEM.
 (4)  The ADSAF program provides funding for an accreditation framework and training to encourage STEM employers to advance measures that promote gender equity and diversity, and other measures that promote the inclusion of underrepresented cohorts. It will be delivered as the Science in Australia Gender and Equity (SAGE) project.
 (5)  The Superstars of STEM program provides funding for training, mentorship, profile-raising and networking opportunities for people from underrepresented cohorts working in the STEM field.
 (6)  The purposes of the DIST program, the Elevate program, the ADSAF program and the Superstars of STEM program are:
          1.     to provide people from underrepresented cohorts with vocational information, education or guidance in relation to opportunities in STEM; and
          2.     to support and encourage people from underrepresented cohorts to pursue employment and study opportunities in STEM; and
          3.     to increase diversity and inclusion, promote equal opportunities for, and reduce discrimination against, people from underrepresented cohorts in STEM; and
          4.     to address barriers and disadvantage that First Nations peoples face in relation to study and employment in STEM; and
          5.     for the Elevate program only: to provide material aid to STEM students from underrepresented cohorts.

     1.         Specified legislative power
  For the purposes of subsection 33(3) of the Act, the powers of the Parliament to make laws with respect to the following are specified:
          1.     naturalisation and aliens (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution);
          2.     the provision of benefits to students (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution);
          3.     people of any race for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxvi) of the Constitution);
          4.     external affairs (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxix) of the Constitution), as it relates to measures to give effect to Australia's obligations under one or more of the following:
                1.                   the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, particularly Articles 2, 3, 10 and 11;
                2.                the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Article 27(1);
                3.              the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 28(1) and