Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

That is an assertion with which we as a government of course disagree, as does—and I will get his name right today—Professor Ian Young. Not Ian Chubb but Professor Ian Young from the ANU has dismissed that completely. But, in relation to university reform, can I refer to the Nobel laureate Professor Brian Schmidt, who said:

I think this is an incredibly important reform. The current university funding model is, in my opinion, not very good. I would say it's close to being broken.