George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Minister for the Arts and Sport) Share this | Hansard source

Perhaps Senator Ludwig misheard my answer. Not only did I not confirm that the HECS fees would rise; what I said was that they may fall. The HECS fees for the disciplines of commerce, economics, administration and business will be bracketed with the HECS fees at the level charged by the discipline of law just as those courses at most Australian universities, including our own, Senator Ludwig, are commonly now bracketed together with legal studies because of the close complementarities between the two.