Andrew Bartlett (Queensland, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I just want to ask the minister a couple of questions about some of the amendments, firstly, the very final—amendment, (19), on sheet ZA204, dealing with communication for educational institutions. I just want to clarify a point. I think it was when he was talking to that amendment—he spoke to a lot amendments—he said that this amendment has been endorsed by the educational sector as an appropriate compromise. I have still been receiving representations from a range of people, as I am sure we all have right up until now—in fact I still have emails coming through right in front of me. I did get one on this area about the same time as this amendment was tabled. I just want to check: when you say the educational sector, does that mean the universities, for example, or schools or libraries or are you able to reassure the Senate that that solution you have got there, which I think is an amendment to what was originally amendment (36) on the other sheet, is now one that, broadly speaking, the universities and others—vice-chancellors, schools et cetera—have, as you said, endorsed as satisfactory?