Mr LEE —My question without notice is again to the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs. Is the minister aware of recent comments by former Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Sir Gerard Brennan criticising his proposed student union legislation because it would `emasculate the liberality of university education and quell decent' and would reduce our democracy to `a hollow incantation'? Does the minister claim to be a better arbitrator of arguments about free speech and freedom of association than former Chief Justice Brennan?

Dr KEMP (Education, Training and Youth Affairs; Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) —Weren't you in the House yesterday? I referred in fact to the comments of the new chancellor of UTS yesterday. It would be valuable perhaps to hear his comments on the orientation handbook that was put out by the student association at his university this year providing directions for students on how to inject themselves with heroin.

Many students on university campuses are disgusted at the way in which their compulsorily acquired fees are used to promote extremist causes and causes which border on advising students how to evade the law. We have seen that recently with student articles in relation to the avoidance of charges for drunken driving. We have seen articles which advise students on how to shoplift. Students on campuses are demanding the right to have a say in how their moneys are spent.

Universities are supposed to be the bastions of freedom. They are supposed to stand for academic freedom. They are supposed to stand for freedom of speech. They are supposed to stand for freedom of thought. If the universities themselves will not implement the basic human right of freedom of association, this government will bring forward legislation, and has done so, to ensure that all students have the right to join or not to join the association of their choice.