Senator McGRATH (Queensland—Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) (16:57): I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator McGRATH: It is a matter for higher-education institutions and their councils as to what funding they choose to accept or reject. In doing so, they need to be accountable in making those decisions to their students and to the taxpayers who sustain them with record funding of over $17 billion a year.