Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader for Science) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science. I refer to the Prime Minister's remarks in Paris on the importance of science and innovation in addressing global challenges like climate change and to the imminent release of the government's innovation statement. Can the minister confirm that the Abbott-Turnbull government has cut funding for science research and innovation by more than $3 billion? Will the upcoming statement restore the innovation capacity lost as a result of these cuts?