Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for her question. As the honourable member is aware, the government is delivering record levels of school funding—the highest levels of school funding of any federal government.

However, we should be extremely concerned by the fall in our comparative rankings in maths and science revealed in the report today. Since 2011, in maths, we have slipped 10 places for year 4, from 18th to 28th; and five places for year 8, from 12th to 17th. In science, we have remained steady at 25th. This is a much needed wake-up call. It is important for honourable members to recognise that, during that period of that fall in relative performance—

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

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