Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

school leadership training for principals; delegation of budget management to schools and capability building for school councils. So I am very pleased to welcome New South Wales into the Independent Public Schools initiative. Some states like Queensland and the Northern Territory will go further than other states but the reality is that we have delivered the promise that we made that 1,500 schools in Australia would have more autonomy over the next four years. We have delivered it in one year. Next year, 2,000 schools across Australia will benefit from the Independent Public Schools Initiative and that is good news for students and their parents.

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