Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Does the Minister concede that the government's short-sighted cuts to universities and the CSIRO and its attacks on innovative renewable energy and clean industries in favour of the big polluters will damage the Australian economy not only for years but for generations? And do you concede that no amount of Santa Claus spending can rescue the government's failed budget strategy now and into the future?