Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

We have considered those matters and we think the government’s position accommodates those concerns. As the son of a former lecturer, it has been well ingrained in me that formal teaching is not the only work that they do; that periods of marking and course preparation et cetera are also work. That is the first point I want to put on the record—or my late dad would never forgive me.

Secondly, people with postgraduate scholarships, people doing research and people who have other connections as part of their work at a university will have those arrangements recognised. The strict interpretation of the term we think is not a problem. We have looked at this and are happy that it will deal with those persons in the education sector and that they will be able to meet the requirements through their ongoing contact with the workforce.