Arthur Sinodinos (NSW, Liberal Party, Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

I remind the honourable senator that he himself presided over cuts to the CSIRO when he was the Minister for Industry and Science. And he said at the time that it was because he was 'fighting a war against inflation'. The fact of the matter is that governments, over time, do make judgements about priorities. The honourable senator's government did, and we did. But in the last budget we devoted $3.1 billion over the forward estimates to the CSIRO.