Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Senator Lambie—always entertaining. As a proud arts graduate, I certainly do value the importance of those arts degrees. In terms of what I said before, we always said that the reform agenda of Universities Accord process—and it is substantial—is going to set the path in higher education for decades to come. We were upfront at the start that we wouldn't be able to implement every part of it straightaway. It was going to take time. We're making substantial progress with this bill today.

In regard to Senator Henderson's comment about 'deceptive', I think the only person being deceptive here is Senator Henderson, with a fear campaign about something that is non-existent.