Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Unfortunately, in question time today I was twice misrepresented, first by the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, who yet again claimed that I wanted to sack one in seven teachers. I point out again to the House that the federal government does not run any schools and does not employ any teachers, so it is not possible to do so. He should stop making up this completely false claim.

Second, the Prime Minister also in question time today claimed that I was peddling false numbers about cuts to education. I simply refer the House to the budget, where there are cuts of $4.7 billion to education, universities, apprenticeships and training, and early childhood.

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