Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

A better educated workforce is a more productive workforce. It is a workforce that can solve problems, can grasp opportunities and can handle the unexpected. It is a pity that you did not learn more about that in recent days. We cannot transform the Australian economy from the top down; we can only achieve that by building from the bottom up. It will only happen if we draw on the intelligence and the imagination of every worker, every citizen, every entrepreneur and every researcher. And it will only happen if we are ready to recognise and nurture creativity wherever we find it. This is the key to competing in a knowledge intensive global economy. That is why Australia needs the education revolution, that is why the government is building this revolution and that is why we are building iconic projects like the square kilometre array telescope. I look forward to its support from the coalition. (Time expired)