Senate debates
Wednesday, 1 October 2014
Questions without Notice
Higher Education
2:57 pm
Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source
I thank Senator Moore for her question. I have to ask, in relation to the NATSEM modelling, was that the modelling that the Labor Party paid for itself or is this different modelling? Because if it was modelling that the Labor Party themselves paid for, I may have to say—a little bit like every time Senator Wong promised us a surplus and failed to deliver—that I may not necessarily agree with that modelling. The answer to your question is no.
In relation to this government's changes to higher education, let me assure you of one thing: what we are doing is more than your side ever did for people in this country who actually want to undertake a university education and, in particular, for women in this country. What we are doing is going to ensure that more women are able to access higher education than currently can. In terms of what we are doing, we are doing more—
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