Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that, according to OECD figures released last night, Australia is the only developed country to have reduced public investment in TAFEs and universities between 1995 and 2003? Why has the government cut investment in Australian higher education by seven per cent when all other developed countries have increased investment by an average of 48 per cent? How does the Prime Minister expect Australia to compete when the US has increased public investment in tertiary education by 67 per cent; Canada, by 37 per cent; Japan, by 32 per cent; Spain, by 63 per cent; and Switzerland, by 74 per cent?

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