Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

They do not want to hear this. Under the previous government, guess what? Funding to education went backwards by five per cent. They cut funding in education. We were the only developed country where education investment went backwards. That was your commitment to schools. That was your commitment to universities. The government is undertaking this funding because of the neglect of the previous government. (Time expired)