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

My question is to Senator Abetz, the minister representing the Prime Minister. I refer to the threats made by the Minister for Education, Christopher 'the fixer' Pyne, on Sunday's Insiders program, when he said:

… there are consequences … for not voting for this reform … The consequences are that potentially 1,700 researchers will lose their jobs …

Was this threat authorised by the Prime Minister?