Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

I am indebted to the ever-helpful Minister for Finance, who provided me with Budget Paper No. 2. I read from page 88 for the benefit of the honourable senator so that he will not continue to mislead the Australian people:

The Government will provide $150 million in 2015-16 to continue the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy, which funds the operation and maintenance of critical national research infrastructure. This funding will allow the most critical existing research facilities to continue to deliver maximum benefits to the research community.

That is $150 million that Senator Carr could not get out of the Labor cabinet when he was part and parcel of the Labor ministry in control of this country. So these are crocodile tears from Senator Carr. We are used to them, but they do him no justice.