Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I indicate my support for these amendments. These are important amendments because too often the plight of postgraduate students in our universities can be neglected. Our up-and-coming researchers on research scholarships need to be working as well. That is why I think these amendments are sensible and important. The government may well say that this is a cost that it cannot support; rather I say it is an investment. I support these amendments.