Matt O'Sullivan (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Choice in Childcare and Early Learning) Share this | Hansard source

():  In the one minute that we have remaining on this debate, I will make this point about the recommendation for the Senate to support my amendment on sheet 3655. I don't believe the amendment has been moved yet. I don't have to move it, because it's subject to the guillotine in any case. It is quite extraordinary. The words 'teaching', 'learning' and 'research' simply do not appear in the bill. There's nothing there about the quality of our institutions, the national interest, student experience, dynamism, competition, innovation or efficiency that are absolutely required in our tertiary education system. This bill is not fit for purpose. We heard from stakeholders throughout the inquiry that it's not fit for purpose. I encourage the Senate to agree to the amendment we have before us as we now move onto our guillotine.