Mr SWAN (Lilley—Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer) (14:25): The member is absolutely correct to describe the importance of scientific research to our country, to our community and to our long-term economic prosperity. In this vein, the government has acted very swiftly and over a period of time to increase funding to scientific research and innovation. This financial year it is almost $9 billion, an overall increase of 35 per cent since 2007. Also, in terms of health and medical research, that funding has increased substantially since 2007, from $614.5 million in 2006-07 to $760.5 million in 2012-13. Of course, there has also been very substantial investment through the Health and Hospitals Fund and a number of other areas as well. What that effort does is reflect the importance that the government puts on scientific research. Of course, as we go through producing the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, we will do that in line with the Charter of Budget Honesty and we will do it in line with all past practice, and I do not intend to pre-empt any decisions of MYEFO. Mr Bandt: Madam Deputy Speaker, I referred in my question to a letter from the University of Melbourne. I seek leave to table the letter, from Jim McCluskey, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), setting out the potential job implications in Victoria if NHMRC and ARC grants are not proceeded with. Leave not granted. Mr Hockey: Madam Deputy Speaker, I ask the Treasurer to table the document from which he was reading. The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): Was the Treasurer reading from a document? Mr Swan: Yes, I was. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Was it a confidential document? Mr Swan: Yes. The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Blair has the call.