Lambie to dominate busy week in Canberra PARLIAMENT is set to debate counter-terrorism legislation, university funding reform, visa crackdowns and Japan free trade agreement. BUT Jacqui Lambie and her future in the Palmer United Party are likely to dominate the week. Parliament returns on Monday for its final fortnight of the year, and will consider some of the Abbott government's more contentious measures. The Senate will debate the coalition's unpopular university funding overhaul, including deregulation of student fees, higher interest rates on student debt, and cuts to federal spending. A counter-terrorism bill aimed at improving co-operation between the Australia's overseas spy service and the Australian Defence Force in the fight against Islamic State will also come before the upper house. Also in the frame is legislation that widens government powers to cancel or refuse visas to non-citizens guilty of criminal or unlawful conduct. Meanwhile, the lower house will scrutinise customs and tariff amendments in the Japan-Australia free trade deal signed earlier this year. The coalition has struggled to get crossbench support for its contentious measures in the Senate, and that is only likely to get harder as a result of divisions in the PUP. A war of words between Senator Lambie and party leader Clive Palmer has dragged on for weeks, with the outspoken former soldier expected to announce she is quitting the party. Senator Lambie has returned to Tasmania for the weekend, where she says she will weigh up her future in the PUP. It will be a major blow to the influence of Mr Palmer if she leaves, and to the government's ability to corral the six crossbenchers needed to pass legislation.