Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader for Science) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I take it that the minister cannot answer the question. Given that the minister is so keen on quoting vice-chancellors, I ask her this: the Launceston Examiner reported, on 17 June, the possibility of closures in campuses in Tasmania's north as a result of the government's $30 million cut to the University of Tasmania. The university vice-chancellor there said, 'nothing can be ruled out—including campus closures'. If the Launceston and Burnie campuses are forced to close as a result of your policies, where will those students go to university?