Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

It has been confusing for many years having both Payne and Pyne in the parliamentary Liberal Party. I always used to say his family couldn't afford the vowel!

The senator's question in relation to the legislation really seems to me to miss the essential point of the government's proposals in relation to higher education. It is a reform bill. Reform is the purpose of the legislation. Many of the stakeholders who have participated in the debate over the recent many months that it has continued have expressed their disappointment today with the result of yesterday's vote.