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

The 68,000 figure is what's been estimated by the department. I'm very confident that we've covered that at estimates on previous occasions, after the announcement was made. The negotiations and consultation with stakeholders are ongoing. Obviously working with the universities to implement this is important, because they are the ones that have the direct relationship with students. Obviously the privacy concerns are at the forefront of those discussions. As I mentioned, the guidelines will be disallowable instruments and will be tabled before that 1 July start date next year.