Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues) Share this | Hansard source

With your indulgence, I will put this. I was asked a question about the capital development pool and I wanted to get some more details on that. The capital development pool figures in the 2007-08 budget for the forward years total $298.464 million. In 2007-08 that will be $80.092 million; in 2008-09, $71.425 million; in 2009-10, $72.782 million; and in 2010-2011, $74.165 million. So the commitment for the capital development pool through to 2010-2011 is $298.464 million and there is no government decision nor do we intend to roll that into the Higher Education Endowment Fund.

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