Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

Their second respond was to try to scare university students and their parents with this ridiculous, exploded $100,000 degree myth about the University of Western Australia. Do you not know the difference between a post-graduate degree and an undergraduate degree? No wonder you are the shadow Treasurer!

Mr Bowen interjecting—

You will never get your chance on this side of the House as Treasurer, let me tell you. The University of Western Australia has exploded the myth. They have demonstrated that they will be charging $16,000 a year for a university in the top 100 in the world. There are 11,500 universities in the world. They are a top 100 university and they are going to charge $16,000 a year. That is light-years away from the $34,000 a year that Labor is trying to scare students with. We are moving in the right direction and we are making great progress with our reforms. These reforms will save universities and give students the chance for more opportunities.

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