Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

quite properly. When that became a distraction to the crossbench, I found the money. Why? Because I am a fixer. So I fixed it. I found the $150 million. And, as is the correct procedure when the Treasurer hands down his budget in May, all of those things will be revealed, as they should be in the budget process. For me to start nominating various aspects of my department where the money might be coming from would be entirely outside the normal process, and the opposition knows that. The simple fact is: this government has saved 1,700 jobs that Labor put at risk by not funding the national collaborative research infrastructure scheme. Under Labor, NCRIS would have come to an end. Under Labor 1,700 people's jobs would have been at risk. Under this government—a government that supports science and research and higher education—we have found the money to make sure that it continues, for which I am very grateful—

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