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

My question without notice is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. Yesterday I asked the minister a question about the following statement by the Prime Minister in parliament on Tuesday:

… the Commonwealth … will continue to cover 50 per cent of people's … education.

The minister responded by saying:

What the Prime Minister said is that the figure is an average.

Can he now confirm that the Prime Minister did not make that statement? Will the minister correct the record?