Advancing Quality in Higher Education outlines the Government's $1.3 billion commitment to assuring and strengthening the quality of teaching and learning in higher education. The Government is establishing the Tertiary Education Quality Standards Agency (TEQSA) to provide the quality assurance to underpin a growing and sustainable higher education sector. Subject to the passage of legislation, TEQSA will be in place by July 2011 to carry out regulatory activities from January 2012.