Senate debates

Monday, 19 September 2011

Bills

Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2010; Second Reading

9:16 pm

Photo of Concetta Fierravanti-WellsConcetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

It is not about chalking up the so-called university experience on their personal development CV. Fundamentally at the core of this legislation is a restriction of the freedom of individuals, of grown adults, to determine their right of association. Just as we come here to work and not to socialise, students increasingly see university as a place to gain an education, not to fill in their free time.

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