The reason Education Minister Christopher Pyne called Clive Palmer’s senator-elect in Western Australia Zhenya ‘Dio’ Wang by the name 'Wong' has been explained after ABC journalist Leigh Sales asked Mr Wang the proper pronunciation of his name. In Australia the WA Senator is known as Wang so when Mr Pyne appeared on the ABC 7.30 Report and called him Wong Ms Sales quickly picked him up on it. But after speaking with Mr Wang she has admitted it was in fact her that was wrong. Scroll down for video Christopher Pyne appeared on the ABC's 7:30 Report on Tuesday night after his education reforms were rejected
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The Education Minister said it was a 'very small thing' to  call Senator Wang by the name 'Wong'
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He made the comment while talking on the ABC's 7.30 Report
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Glenn Lazarus has accused the Minister of 'harassing' him and other crossbenchers in order to gain their support for higher education reforms
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Mr Pyne defended himself by saying Mr Lazarus was the only crossbencher who had refused to meet with him for discussions, forcing him to text
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The Senator claimed Mr Pyne is 'embarrassing himself' after being 'inundated with text messages .. virtually begging me to support reforms'
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The reforms were rejected by the Senate on Tuesday night with a vote of 33-31, with Senators Lazarus amongst those who voted against the bill
Mr Pyne claimed that Mr Lazarus told a reporter he was happy for the Education Minister to send him 'as many texts as he wanted' after the post had been published, saying: 'I'm as confused as the next person about Senator @placeholder wanting me to send him texts or not'.