Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues) Share this | Hansard source

I look forward to the bipartisan support of the federal Labor Party on our proposals to reward teachers on performance—to provide incentives for the performance of our teachers in our schools—because that underpins quality. In answer to the question about funding, I remind members opposite that the Commonwealth provides supplementary funding to state governments that provide the majority of funding for state government schools.

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