Luke Hartsuyker (Cowper, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for this question. I must say, I was somewhat surprised to see the release of a document the other day that purported to be an education policy, but I would say that this document was badly named, because it was not an education policy; it was a 'save Bill' policy. That is what this is about; it is all about a 'save Bill' policy. Labor's three-page thought bubble was just another unfunded, irresponsible policy on the run by the Labor Party to save the hide of the Leader of the Opposition.

This government is investing record levels of funding in Australian schools—some $69.4 billion over the four years to 2018-19, an increase of over 27 per cent, including $5 billion of investment for students with a disability, a record investment—

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