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

I would remind the member for Kingston that Sandra Harding, chair of Universities Australia, said: 'The status quo is not tenable. It is not sustainable.' If the legislation does not pass, we will have the status quo. So Universities Australia are behind the reform of the university sector. They are supporting the reform of the university sector. Would they like to see changes around the edges? Of course they would. We have been talking about that for months. That is why we are having a Senate inquiry—

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