Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport) Share this | Hansard source

I am really pleased to be able to stand up here and allay the concern that Senator Duniam says that he has over the funding of the Australian Antarctic Division. It has been put to me that this MPI is just a stunt by the Liberals, looking for a headline, without thinking of the workers that they may be worrying. So I'm glad to be standing up here to say that there have been no cuts to the $804 million budget for the Antarctic Division—not a cent. So now I've alleviated the concerns of Senator Duniam. There will be no job cuts.