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

It is not hard to find the brief; it is the same idiotic question we had yesterday. What we have here is a situation where the Liberals feel the need to mouth the incorrect slogans being voiced through the Australian. Senator Mason, I have more respect for your ability; however, it is falling away, given your capacity not to send these sorts of silly things back. In the case of Evesham State School, the Queensland Department of Education reports that a sudden drop in enrolments was not predicted and it related to the personal circumstances of some families at the school. This is in the context where over the next 12 months there will be 23,000 BER projects in around 9,500 schools across the Commonwealth of Australia. We are in a circumstance where this government is investing $62 billion in school education compared to $33 billion in the entire— (Time expired)