Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I'm not sure why you do hate Julia Gillard so much in the Labor Party. Minister, you mentioned the importance of science and investing in science, but one of our premier Antarctic science institutions, the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science, based in Hobart is running out of funding. You've been written to by every crossbench MP and senator from Tasmania to ensure that that funding continues. Minister, can you confirm today to the scientists in Hobart—many of whom have just been to the Antarctic—that you will have long-term funding in MYEFO or in this years budget?