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

In regard to the committee report that has been referred to, which I understand was tabled today, I frankly have not had an opportunity to read the report. We will examine the report and we will study it carefully because the efficiency dividend has been developed as an integral part of a devolved financial management framework where agencies are in fact provided with the flexibility and the autonomy to spend the funds appropriately directed to them by parliament. The actions of the CSIRO in responding to the decisions of government have been to maintain the scientific integrity of the CSIRO and to demonstrate its leading role—