Michael Forshaw (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would ask if the minister could inform the Senate, particularly for the benefit of those opposite, about the Science and Language Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools component of Building the Education Revolution. How does it relate to new spending on research and innovation in the 2009-10 budget, and how can science and research help to shield Australia from the global recession and lay the foundations for future prosperity?