Alexandros Tsathas, Subeta Vimalarajah and Tom Joyner report from the conference floor.

Follow the drama of the National Union of Students’ annual NatCon in Melbourne. Tweet your questions to @honi_soit.  

Students were pepper sprayed by the NSW police earlier today during a protest against Education Minister, Christopher Pyne. Student protesters had converged on the Sydney Masonic Centre to make known their continued opposition to the Federal Government’s proposed higher education reforms. Following a number of speeches in the building’s carpark entrance, the protesters attempted to…