Education Minister Christopher Pyne has vowed to keep his fee deregulation plan alive
Education Minister Christopher Pyne has vowed to keep his fee deregulation plan alive
An Australian government bill which would allow universities to set their own undergraduate fees has failed in the senate for a second time.
The legislation, defeated by 34 to 30, was an amended version of a bill blocked by the senate in December.
The amended bill dropped a proposal to cut university funding by 20% but kept proposals to deregulate fees.Education Minister Christopher Pyne said on Tuesday that he would not give up plans for deregulation.
Mr Pyne's proposals would see the biggest reform of the education sector in Australia since the introduction of higher education fees 25 years ago.
He vowed to make a third attempt time to pass the bill in some form."I am not prepared to let these reforms be drowned out by distractions," he said in a statement.
The defeat is a blow for the government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who survived a leadership challenge in February and has faced criticism from backbenchers.
"We will have another go at this," Mr Abbott told Sydney radio station 2SM on Wednesday."Just about all the vice-chancellors say if our universities are to flourish in the years ahead, they need to lose the dead hand of Canberra."
An Australian government bill which would allow universities to set their own undergraduate fees has failed in the senate for a second time.
The legislation, defeated by 34 to 30, was an amended version of a bill blocked by the senate in December.
The amended bill dropped a proposal to cut university funding by 20% but kept proposals to deregulate fees.Education Minister Christopher Pyne said on Tuesday that he would not give up plans for deregulation.
Mr Pyne's proposals would see the biggest reform of the education sector in Australia since the introduction of higher education fees 25 years ago.
He vowed to make a third attempt time to pass the bill in some form."I am not prepared to let these reforms be drowned out by distractions," he said in a statement.
The defeat is a blow for the government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who survived a leadership challenge in February and has faced criticism from backbenchers.
"We will have another go at this," Mr Abbott told Sydney radio station 2SM on Wednesday."Just about all the vice-chancellors say if our universities are to flourish in the years ahead, they need to lose the dead hand of Canberra."
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