Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Yesterday, the minister for education—otherwise known as 'The Fixer'—said in relation to university funding, 'They're not going to have any cut now, assuming that this Commonwealth Grants Scheme bill doesn't pass.' Will the budget estimates reflect the minister's assumption, or is the government still committed to cutting university funding by 20 per cent?