Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:55): The Leader of the Opposition is claiming, first, that I want to Americanise higher education and, second, that I want to introduce a GST. As we know, the only political party which has recently modelled an increase in the GST is the Labor Party. We know that. And the only political party which has lionised American higher education is the Labor Party, not just the Labor Party but the Leader of the Opposition himself and not in the time of Bob Hawke but just this year. I am truly amazed that the Leader of the Opposition should ask this question. He must be suffering from short-term memory loss, because in July of this year, addressing the New York Academy of Sciences, the Leader of the Opposition said, 'In supporting start-ups, nurturing creativity and rewarding ingenuity, America shows us the way.' America shows us the way. So not only has he been caught out— Mr Morrison interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Minister for Immigration will desist. Mr ABBOTT: misleading the parliament when it comes to a GST, but now he is caught out misleading the parliament when it comes to who wants to Americanise our institutions. The problem is that this Leader of the Opposition does not know where he stands or what he believes in.