Senator BOLKUS(10.54 p.m.) —The reason I asked that question was that you came in here and rejected that self-claimed mantle of the wicked witch by saying that parliament would have control over how this 25 per cent applies. I put it to you, Minister, that the amendment is so general there are many questions left unanswered. There are questions that will have to be decided upon in the guidelines that you issued that basically parliament may have a limited degree of authority in terms of those guide lines by this particular amendment, but so much of what you are going to do, so much of the implementation of the mechanisms, which we would normally expect on something as crucial as this to be in regulations, in disallowable instruments, is not going to be in disallowable instruments.

We will go some extent down the road in terms of this amendment. But, for instance, in developing this amendment, what consultation has there been with the tertiary education sector in terms of how your clause 2A will operate in practice? Has clause 2A been circulated? Has there been any feedback from the tertiary sector on it?