This Photo Sums Up The Government's Approach To Higher Education

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Education minister Christopher Pyne has had a rough week, with his uni funding reform laws failing to pass the senate. He looked for a higher power for guidance, for a sign that everything was going to be ok. He found it.

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Fortune cookie at China Plate, Kingston! #auspol

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Now there are reports that the government is considering whether to trigger a double dissolution over the higher education bill. But how will they decide?

1. Replacing Peta Credlin with Zoltar, asking Zoltar.

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2. Consulting a Magic 8 Ball.

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This is Christopher Pyne's preferred method, since shaking a Magic 8 Ball until you get the answer you want is the same negotiation tactic that he used with the magic 8 crossbenchers.

3. Peeling away the layers of an onion, "he loves me, he loves me not" style.

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4. (Clive) Palm(er) Reading

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(Sorry.)