House debates
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Questions without Notice
Budget
2:28 pm
Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source
This question is typical of the hypocrisy and incoherence of the Labor Party, because the Leader of the Opposition, when he was education minister, was in part responsible for a cut to the budget of the CSIRO. How can it be that there is a sense of absolute disaster and moral outrage when there is a modest cut to the CSIRO by this government, when there was an equal cut to the CSIRO when the Leader of the Opposition was the minister? The Leader of the Opposition thinks that, if Labor cuts the CSIRO, that is a great thing for our country, but for some reason a similar action from this government is wrong. No-one can take this opposition seriously. No-one can take this opposition seriously, and that question proves it.
Dwight Walker
Posted on 5 Jun 2014 11:54 pm
Cutting budget to science will reduce the amount of science done. That will lead to poorer research outcomes and more reliance on imports. Building a smart economy will lead to more local scientific businesses and growth in scientific economy. Science will pay it back through income tax and GST on sales of services. It perfectly logical to invest in science. It is the basis of modern society. To withdraw research funding will slow down our growth and make us rely on outside technology to grow our economy which will depend on favourable exchange rates.