It looked like things could not get worse for the university over its misconduct case against Drew Pavlou. They have

Federal MP Bob Katter is calling for a “full-blooded” parliamentary inquiry into Chinese Government influence in Australian universities. “

Mr Katter announced his plan yesterday, in company with Drew Pavlou, the Uni Queensland student campaigner for human rights in China and critic of the university’s connections with the Chinese Government.

The Nine Network’s 60 Minutes programme critically covered the university’s misconduct findings against Mr Pavlou on Sunday (CMM July 20).

Mr Katter said he “could not believe” what he saw on 60 Minutes. “I am very confident we have the numbers for a proper inquiry,” the independent member for the north Queensland seat of Kennedy said.