Turnbull's $2.8 billion university funding cuts killed in the Senate

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated November 8 2017 - 9:43am, first published October 21 2017 - 2:12pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joined the cross bench with Cathy McGowan Rebekha Sharkie and Bob Katter at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 31 August 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joined the cross bench with Cathy McGowan Rebekha Sharkie and Bob Katter at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 31 August 2016. Photo: Andrew Meares

The Turnbull government's landmark higher education reforms have been killed off in the Senate, with the Nick Xenophon Team rejecting key elements of the $2.8 billion package and calling for a "Gonski style" review of the university sector.

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