Deborah O'Neill (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Is the minister aware that one of his colleagues in the other place, the member for Macmillan, Mr Broadbent, has challenged the government on its cut to university funding because of its impact on regional economies and rural families? Isn't it time to admit that it will take more than a few extra scholarships to avoid the massive damage that you are set to do to regional economies?