Guy Barnett (Tasmania, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Thank you, Minister, particularly for that last comment; I appreciate that. I refer to statements by the Tasmanian Minister for Education and Skills, Mr McKim, in the Tasmanian parliament this morning, where he said, 'Not one dollar will be repaid by the state government to the federal government.' He went on and said that he has spoken to Senator Evans about this issue personally and that 'at no time has he expressed to me that he, his department or his government has a view that we are obliged to repay the funds'. Does the Commonwealth accept that not one dollar of its funds will be returned? (Time expired)