Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

Professor Peter Lee has said:

… the passage of the bill with changes proposed by RUN would help regional students attend and succeed at regional universities and would increase the number of professionals working in regional Australia.

And, of course, as I have said before, and as the university leaders have stressed, no student will need to pay one cent up-front to attend university. It is just a scare campaign—

Opposition senators interjecting—

The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock.

Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting—