Senate debates
Thursday, 31 July 2025
Bills
Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025; Third Reading
10:21 am
Jess Walsh (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I move:
That the bill be now read a third time.
Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The question is that the motion moved by the minister be agreed to.
10:25 am
Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
President, I'd just like to draw attention to the state of the opposition benches for the last 15 minutes. They seem to have been invisible, missing, on the important issue of student debt—
Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Senator Hanson-Young, this is not a time for a statement. It's not appropriate for a quorum because there are senators in here. The practice in this place is that we don't comment on whether senators are in the chamber or not, and I expect all senators to respect that.