Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Let me repeat again and again and again for the Leader of the Opposition, who is a slow listener if not a slow learner, the government's position, which is that there is no such proposal—none whatsoever, not today, not tomorrow, not ever. We are not proposing to means-test the parents of children attending public schools, full stop. It would not be a good idea, and we do not actually run public schools—principles of government 101.

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