The government has expressed confidence in the higher education oversight agency, renewing all three TEQSA commissioners. Chief Commissioner Nick Saunders has a new three-year term with Cliff Walsh reappointed for four and Lin Martin for two. Terms are staggered to “ensure continuity and stability.”

Education Minster Simon Birmingham used the announcement to signal TEQSA priorities for the year; contract cheating, the Australian Human Rights Commission’s report on sexual assault and sexual harassment and improving admissions transparency.