http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/reinstate-jet-childcare-fee-assistance-to-masters-and-doctoral-students.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:48 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/22052131?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Feb 2018 02:50:49 UTC 22052131 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18298010?utm_medium=rss I am a part-time online MIS student who also volunteers approximately 10 hours a week. My husband is currently seeking full time paid work while we receive Newstart and Parenting Payment (Partnered). My study is required for obtaining a paid position in my chosen field - however it makes us ineligible for JETCCFA. How is that fair and encouraging for a young Australian family to help improve our nation? We give a lot to our community and ask for little in return.

]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2015 03:00:24 UTC 18298010 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18142504?utm_medium=rss Please recognize that many people participate in these programs because there are specific masters courses that offer equivalent to bachelors qualifications like MPharm which I am doing. JET would help me get a place of my own for myself and my son. I have chosen to get a career that will mean I can work close to home and spend time with him. Please don't marginalise people who do higher education andmake assumptions about their needs. I didn't have a child in my bachelor's degree, give me an an opportunity to access the service when I need it the most.

]]> Sun, 16 Nov 2014 06:22:49 UTC 18142504 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17667500?utm_medium=rss Mon, 28 Jul 2014 07:49:52 UTC 17667500 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16974784?utm_medium=rss For many people, higher degrees are essential to commencing or retraining in a new field. Please fund Masters and Doctoral degrees in order to support these changes for those that need them.

]]> Tue, 11 Mar 2014 01:44:13 UTC 16974784 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15159712?utm_medium=rss Wed, 1 May 2013 07:51:24 UTC 15159712 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15156949?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:25:59 UTC 15156949 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15155723?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:00:28 UTC 15155723 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15155417?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:48:37 UTC 15155417 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15154537?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:44:53 UTC 15154537 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15154383?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:10:52 UTC 15154383 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15084941?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:25:38 UTC 15084941 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15083197?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:01:07 UTC 15083197 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15081854?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:26:51 UTC 15081854 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15079703?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:52:30 UTC 15079703 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15079618?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:32:26 UTC 15079618 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15079602?utm_medium=rss It is critical that we give all the support we can to people studying while raising children - people should not be made to choose between study or having a child. This society is wealthy enough to provide this support, and reduced childcare costs is the bare minimum we can do for people in this situation. To cut this benefit off from people so abruptly is shameful and should be immediately reversed, and full JET eligibility should be reinstated for Doctoral and Masters students.

]]> Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:28:30 UTC 15079602 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15079592?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:26:14 UTC 15079592 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15079579?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:21:50 UTC 15079579 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15077750?utm_medium=rss Postgraduate studies are a form of work and should be treated accordingly

]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:35:16 UTC 15077750 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15072044?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:52:10 UTC 15072044 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15071892?utm_medium=rss I support parents furthering their studies and undertaking a Masters or Doctoral. The government should support these parents with assistance via JET child care.

]]> Tue, 16 Apr 2013 07:13:27 UTC 15071892 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15064122?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:32:55 UTC 15064122 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15063475?utm_medium=rss It is crazy of the government to cut off funding for higher degrees. Higher degrees = greater wages = more tax revenue. Win win.
They should also consider covering for the length of the degree- it takes more than 2 years to complete a degree at any level- BA or PhD.

]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 11:31:04 UTC 15063475 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15062998?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:22:34 UTC 15062998 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15062890?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:47:25 UTC 15062890 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15062657?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:42:34 UTC 15062657 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15059604?utm_medium=rss As a single mum i would never have gotten through any of my employment and professional development without the support of JET. I am mortified of the recent rate increases and changes to the eligibility criteria to receive JET assistance. I strongly believe that JET assistance should be reinstated to sole parents.

]]> Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:04:13 UTC 15059604 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15055512?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Apr 2013 07:07:59 UTC 15055512 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15055428?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Apr 2013 06:37:36 UTC 15055428 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15055287?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Apr 2013 05:39:20 UTC 15055287 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15054539?utm_medium=rss Help these single parents achieve a career, not just a job. They are likely to go into a high level career and therefore be major taxpayers in the future,paying back into the system that has helped them.Simple,really.

]]> Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:52:04 UTC 15054539 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15054499?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:37:16 UTC 15054499 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15054076?utm_medium=rss This is insanity! Australian has a reputation for world class thinkers and scientific breakthroughs. Why are we not supporting our academic women and their work?

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:50:40 UTC 15054076 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15054052?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:42:08 UTC 15054052 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15053786?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Apr 2013 07:09:29 UTC 15053786 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15052728?utm_medium=rss As well as reinstating JET for people in these circumstances, a roll back in the massive decrease in financial assistance offered for people who are still eligible for JET would mean that many parents could continue studying. Surely making full time university study harder to maintain is defeating the stated purpose of this legislative change.

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:55:01 UTC 15052728 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15050423?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:00:36 UTC 15050423 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15050392?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:54:14 UTC 15050392 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15050140?utm_medium=rss JET payment should be available for anyone undertaking study and reliant on paid childcare, on a limited income.

]]> Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:47:17 UTC 15050140 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15050123?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:42:15 UTC 15050123 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15050037?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:17:08 UTC 15050037 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15049895?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:32:16 UTC 15049895 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15049140?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:50:17 UTC 15049140 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15049108?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:45:24 UTC 15049108 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15049090?utm_medium=rss I have no vested interest in this issue whatsoever - my interest is in the great Australian value of "a fair go". It's outrageous that this support has been cut. Are you deliberately trying to disadvantage women (who usually bear the burdens of childcare)?

]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:43:12 UTC 15049090 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15049060?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:37:35 UTC 15049060 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15048927?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:58:40 UTC 15048927 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15048925?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:57:07 UTC 15048925 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15048912?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:51:58 UTC 15048912 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15048874?utm_medium=rss Having completed part of a masters and having to drop out due to unaffordable childcare costs shows how the government does not support single parents pulling themselves out if poverty. With a useful degree under our belts we are better positioned to leave welfare payments and contributing to tax. Surely this would be better for the goverments budget than relying on government top ups in a dead end job.

]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:41:47 UTC 15048874 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15048801?utm_medium=rss For the Government to expect single parents to be self sufficient for their families, the need to reinstate Jet to make it more affordable for them to do so. They have taken everything away from single parents, dont take the liberty away for them bettering themselves.

]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:16:49 UTC 15048801 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15048776?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:03:46 UTC 15048776 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15048743?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:51:03 UTC 15048743 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15048088?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:58:16 UTC 15048088 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15044592?utm_medium=rss This is a direct attack on single parents who want to study to meet the abilities and better their economic situation in the long term its unjust that they haven't considered student single parents at all!!!

]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:08:35 UTC 15044592 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15044591?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:08:21 UTC 15044591 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15044361?utm_medium=rss Labor talks about the generous child care support to assist single parents on Newstart- but what about higher research parents, who are struggling to finish their studies and increase their capacity to support their children (and pay higher taxes?). This is a pathetic decision.

]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:05:30 UTC 15044361 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15043128?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:20:02 UTC 15043128 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15042254?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:30:35 UTC 15042254 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15042086?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:50:39 UTC 15042086 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15041622?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:22:55 UTC 15041622 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15040423?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:01:18 UTC 15040423 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15039288?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:45:43 UTC 15039288 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15039247?utm_medium=rss The proposed changes to JET will prevent single parents from completing their studies, to the detriment of this country. We need to increase the number of qualified people if we are going to be competitive in the world arena. Single parents also have a vital role to play - unless they are prevented by financial constraints.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:29:10 UTC 15039247 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15039221?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:17:11 UTC 15039221 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15039210?utm_medium=rss As a friend of someone who relied on this service when she was doing her PhD studies, it's just ridiculous that the government has cancelled it for these students. Australia needs good researchers and the research that they produce, and removing programs such as JET, just makes it too hard for some talented people to continue their studies.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:10:47 UTC 15039210 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15039000?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:51:44 UTC 15039000 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038957?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:38:09 UTC 15038957 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038954?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:36:28 UTC 15038954 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038928?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:27:41 UTC 15038928 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038884?utm_medium=rss I support the provision of JET to those undertaking Masters and Doctoral studies. Given this governments focus on getting people into work, those who are attempting to gain qualifications that will not only allow them to support themselves, but to make a valuable contribution to the communities in which they live. For those who parent as a single person it provides an amazing role model for their children.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:10:55 UTC 15038884 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038804?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:30:45 UTC 15038804 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038772?utm_medium=rss I had to give up my PhD in part due to this decision. Way to waste the money previously paid to me as an Australian Postgraduate Association scholarship recipient. Thanks Commonwealth Government!

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 03:16:54 UTC 15038772 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038633?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:56:45 UTC 15038633 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038484?utm_medium=rss Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:37:59 UTC 15038484 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038384?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 11:27:18 UTC 15038384 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038332?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 10:47:08 UTC 15038332 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038216?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:46:50 UTC 15038216 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038174?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:26:59 UTC 15038174 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038139?utm_medium=rss This policy change is unjust and unnecessary, particular given the very brief 'grandfathering' arrangement, and the relatively small amount of savings for government that are involved.

]]> Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:14:09 UTC 15038139 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038136?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:12:47 UTC 15038136 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038122?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 09:05:38 UTC 15038122 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038088?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:49:08 UTC 15038088 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038078?utm_medium=rss The question is whether we want families and particularly women to continue and advance their careers also?

]]> Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:42:54 UTC 15038078 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038071?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:41:33 UTC 15038071 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038068?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:40:06 UTC 15038068 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038045?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:29:11 UTC 15038045 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038021?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:16:52 UTC 15038021 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038011?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:11:17 UTC 15038011 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15038000?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:06:29 UTC 15038000 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15037997?utm_medium=rss There are multiple benefits for the Australian community in having postgraduate students, increase of knowledge, innovation, keep the educational industry alive , etc. Denying child care support for single post-graduate students places a great barrier on the continuity of their academic endevour. So please reinstate the JET Scheme to keep supporting those parents who are contributing greatly to the Australian society.

]]> Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:06:09 UTC 15037997 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15037987?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 08:01:56 UTC 15037987 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15037970?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 07:56:42 UTC 15037970 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15037942?utm_medium=rss It's one thing to remove a class of benefits for future recipients but to remove this benefit for people part way through a course of study is at best short-sighted and at worst cruel.

]]> Tue, 9 Apr 2013 07:47:55 UTC 15037942 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15037925?utm_medium=rss One of my closest friends embarked on a 3-year phd course to improve her future; to contribute to her field but also eventually have the income to maintain a simple normal financial life such as owning her own apartment. Within 12 months this support structure has been removed and her tenure looks very shaky. It seems extremely counterproductive to compromise single parents in this way when they are trying to create a better future for all of us.

]]> Tue, 9 Apr 2013 07:42:27 UTC 15037925 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15037923?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 07:42:11 UTC 15037923 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15037920?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Apr 2013 07:40:13 UTC 15037920 https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15037905?utm_medium=rss Dear Ms Ellis, this issue impacts me directly, and will potentially result in me having to withdraw from my PhD studies (I am currently 1/2 way through my course) due to financial distress. This will in turn be detrimental to my future employment prospects as my field now requires a minimum of PhD qualifications to be eligible for employment in the tertiary sector. Please reconsider the decision made in the 2012 Federal Budget, and reinstate access to JETCCFA to Masters and Doctoral students!

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