The Group of Eight (Go8) appreciates the opportunity to contribute to the consultation about the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA)--Draft Provider Standards. These are some overarching questions regarding the application of the Draft Provider Standards and their interaction with the broader regulatory framework in which universities operate: (1) How will the provider standards be applied to universities, established under State and Territory acts?; and (2) How do the various standards interact with a university's self-accrediting status? In this paper, specific issues have been raised with each of the areas contained within the "Provider Standards"--"Provider Registration Standards," "Provider Category Standards," and "Provider Course Accreditation Standards."