Mr FITZGIBBON (Hunter) (14:45): My question is to the Minister for Agriculture. Minister, the chair of the Regional Universities Network says the Abbott government's university changes: … will have a disproportionate impact on the regional and disadvantaged students who study at RUN universities, as well as the communities from which they come. Further, he said the changes were: … likely to exacerbate the divide between the city and rural and regional Australia … Minister, how can you stand by and watch agriculture and veterinary science students and their communities—including Armidale—pay the price for the Americanisation of our universities?