Laurie Ferguson (Reid, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

People might shake their head, but the facts are in the statistics which the OECD puts out and which this government is well aware of. Not only has there been a retreat of government expenditure with regard to tertiary expenditure but also research and development—another area where the government believes that the hands-off, inactive approach is the way to success.

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