Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, it is. I am very concerned that we have not been able to come to an agreement across the chamber. Instead, we have been playing politics right from the word go. The opposition want to talk about the deal. Let us think about the dirty deal that was done today that gave $7 billion to the big polluters instead of $7 billion to students. I think we need to have a big think about what we are doing for students as of 1 January. It is really disappointing that the losers out of all of this will be students—across the board, city and country. Everybody around this chamber needs to seriously consider that.

If the bill is not reported, it does not mean that the amendments passed by the House get up; it means the bill goes down. I am absolutely concerned that the positive changes in this package, as well as the things that need fixing—that we have all acknowledged around this chamber—will not be passed. It is really quite disturbing. I cannot believe that after 12 years of ripping money away from students and ripping money out of universities, the coalition want to continue it for years to come.