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

and I have delivered it with $1.2 billion more money, which means we can move on to debates about teacher quality, about curriculum, about engaging parents and about more local decision making. It is no surprise that the Premier of New South Wales said today:

This measure alone—

our announcement of $1.2 billion—

means schools students are in a better position now than they were before the election.

He said—and it is worth repeating:

Mr Abbott should be commended for restoring the $1.2 billion of education funding which was deceitfully removed by the Labor government in its dying days.

Deceitfully removed by whom?—by the former Minister for Education, the now Leader of the Opposition, who has remained very silent about his $1.2 billion cut. Unfortunately for him, it is now writ large for all to see.

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