Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I thank him for that supplementary question. I think there are something like 21,000 students in Moreton, including Stanley, his son. They will benefit tremendously from this program. In Moreton alone that is an extra $106 million in funding on offer over six years. If you look across the state, in the electorate of Brisbane there are 25,000 students, in the electorate of Ryan there are 26,000 students and in the electorate of Dawson there are 28,000 students. Everyone on this side of the House is supporting additional resources to our schools right across the state of Queensland and right across Australia.

How is it that the Premier of New South Wales can sign up but the Premier of Queensland cannot? The answer is: straight politics—the negative politics of the Leader of the Opposition and the Liberal Party. This government will always put our students first and politics last.

See this speech in context