Lee Rhiannon (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Is the minister aware that 79 per cent of students surveyed by Sydney university management disagree with universities being given full flexibility to set fees? Considering the diverse views on this issue and the enormous importance higher education has for our economy and the nation's future, why didn't the government take the usual path of issuing a green paper to engage widely with the community?