Ed Husic (Chifley, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

You tried once but you did not do the job properly—just like this government can't do the job properly. Look at the decisions. They run counter to each other. You have the education minister who wants to deny university to low- and middle-income people and then you have the Foreign Minister lauding the New Colombo Plan—on paper a great idea. But when the people going to university are not able to go to university anymore and it is only the well-heeled who are able to go to university, what is the education minister doing? The education minister is turning the Foreign Minister's Colombo Plan into something that is equivalent to a kon tiki tour for the young rich. You will not have low- and middle-income earners—

Mr Simpkins interjecting—

You should settle down, member for Cowan. You are going to blow a gasket, my friend. Why don't you look at the member for Bennelong? He is zen like sitting next there to you, as you are exploding. You should be upset about what your government is doing to this country. That is what you should be upset about

Mr Simpkins interjecting—

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