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

I would assume that the minister’s father who was a lecturer was perhaps part of the permanent staff, back in the days when universities promoted permanent employees. We know that the casualisation rate of staff at universities is growing significantly. It is another issue that the government should not hide behind but actually deal with. Putting that aside, we know specifically that those on contracts that end in November that start again in March will not be eligible for this payment. If the government want to vote it down, that is their problem and they will have to explain it to the NTEU.