Claire Moore (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Labor believes in institutional autonomy for universities. Senator Rhiannon's motion refers to how universities invest their own funds. We supported a motion calling on the government to reverse its cuts to research funding and to prioritise funding for clean technologies. We made these investments when we were in government. It is Labor's programs that the Abbott government has cut, but we do not believe it is the job of this place to direct universities one way or another as to how they determine their own investment strategies.