Andrew Wilkie (Denison, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Education and Training. Minister, universities existed before your reform proposal and must exist afterwards, regardless of your success or failure. Hence, you really should stop linking to the reforms the critical $400 million restructure funding for the University of Tasmania. So, Minister, will you now act in the public interest and commit to that funding, or do you intend to promise it closer to the next election, in a cynical move to try and save the three Tasmanian Liberal Party amigos?

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