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

Mr President, the lunatic fringe is putting Australia’s prosperity at risk. Research by Swinburne University of Technology shows that Australians fully understand the importance of science. They agree strongly that science and technology are improving our quality of life. They share my view that science has the power to solve most of the problems we face. They continue to trust our scientists, especially the scientific findings of Australia’s great public research institutions: our universities and our agencies such as the CSIRO. Arranged against this common sense of ordinary Australians, we have the dogma of the fanatics and the flat-earthers across this country. Their numbers are small, but their voices are loud! (Time expired)