Jacqui Lambie blasts Christopher Pyne's pork-barrelling universities package

By Matthew Knott
Updated October 24 2014 - 7:08pm, first published 5:38pm
Jacqui Lambie. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Jacqui Lambie. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Jacqui Lambie. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Jacqui Lambie. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Jacqui Lambie. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Jacqui Lambie. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Jacqui Lambie. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Jacqui Lambie. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Palmer United Party senator Jacqui Lambie says she rejected overtures from the Abbott government to strike a special deal for her home state in exchange for allowing universities to set their own fees.