Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, I raised the same point that Senator Wong has raised about private universities. It was stated to me that it is to do with the states and territories, and I understand that. My suggestion, then, to the advisers would be: why shouldn't we write to the private universities and ask them to be part of it on a voluntary basis? I think that was going to be put to the department. Is it a consideration that, because it could be unconstitutional to include them in it, possibly it could be a matter of writing to the private universities to ask them to be a part of it voluntarily?

I also understand that this will come up for review in three years time so we can look at what it's like then, in three years time, and, if it has worked quite clearly and it's not going to be unconstitutional or cause problems with foreign relationships, we can then look at expanding it.