Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

The fund that the government announced in this year’s budget will have as a priority area projects associated with the development of student amenities. What the government are concerned with doing is ensuring that we have sustainable long-term solutions to addressing the impacts of VSU. Obviously, the minister directly responsible for this area will be announcing further details of that in due course.

The program initiatives that were announced in the budget will be the subject of further discussions between the respective ministries, because it is a fund that affects the services with regard to the provision of information and communications technologies, laboratories, libraries, student study places, teaching spaces and student amenities. These are projects that the universities will come back to the government on. (Time expired)