Senator ABETZ (Tasmania—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service and Minister for Employment) (14:46): Of course the Prime Minister did not mislead the parliament. If there is one exemplar of misleading the parliament it is Senator Kim Carr himself. I suggest that that is not a strong suit for Senator Carr to seek to bring to the parliament. What the Prime Minister said is that the figure is on average. As we know, on average means that some will be lower and some will be higher. That is what 'average' means. Every single Australian knows that. But, of course, what Senator Carr seeks to do, very mischievously, is to extrapolate that to every single example and that is not able to be done if you are honest. Senator Kim Carr: Mr President, I rise on a point of order going to relevance. The Prime Minister did not say 'on average 50 per cent'; he said '50 per cent'. The PRESIDENT: Senator Carr that is not relevance; that is debating the point. Senator ABETZ: What the Australian people also know is that the average university graduate has the benefit of earning an extra $1 million over their lifetime that those without university degrees will not be able to achieve. What the Labor Party are saying, allegedly the representatives of the workers, is that the truck drivers out there without a university degree and the farm workers out there without a university degree should continue to pay taxes to subsidise young people to go to university so that they can earn $1 billion more in their lifetime than those who do not go to university. What we are doing is restoring balance and longevity, and ensuring that our universities will be world competitive. Day after day as universities and— (Time expired)