Senate debates Bills
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill 2019; Second Reading
Murray Watt Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Northern Australia
12:45 pm
Labor supports the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Amendment Bill 2019, but notes that the recommendations of the TEQSA review, to which this bill responds, were provided to the government three years ago. This is an unacceptable delay and again highlights this government's incompetent treatment of Australia's world-class higher education system. We commend the bill to the Senate.
Jonathon Duniam Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries
I thank senators for their contributions to this debate and commend the bill to the Senate.
Question agreed to.
Bill read a second time.