Julian McGauran (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

In that 55 seconds, I urge the Senate to support this bill, not just in voting patterns. Stand up for it. Senator Hutchins, you are the next speaker. You have some balance and sense that the others obviously do not carry. I appeal to you. We are happy to take a bit of flak if it is based on some fact and we will even take a bit of political flak if you decide to throw it our way. In essence, could you acknowledge in principle that the technical colleges ought to be re-established and that they are a good thing?