Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

The Labor government are actually in the business of improving opportunities for all Australians. We do not pick and choose on the basis of the way in which people vote. That is the strategy that the coalition pursued throughout their decade of neglect of education in this country. So, Senator Fielding, it is about time you appreciated whose education policies are being run in this country. But, if you are so keen to work with the Liberal Party on these matters, I suggest you stand for preselection for them.