Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

Who said that? It is not the absent shadow Assistant Treasurer; it is the now shadow Treasurer. No wonder he has been so quiet. No wonder the member for McMahon is so quiet, because he, along with Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and the shadow Assistant Treasurer all know about the inherent logic of the government's deregulation of the higher education system. I suspect that even the Leader of the Opposition understands the inherent logic of deregulation but cannot control Kim Carr and the left in his own party. I suspect that if he was in government, he would be moving in a very similar direction. I ask the Labor Party to join Universities Australia, the Regional Universities Network, the Australian Technical Network of Universities and all the universities across Australia that have united to call on this Senate to pass this reform. Get into the national conversation, Labor. Let's bring about some reform in this country. Do not just stand in the way.

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