Karen Andrews (McPherson, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills) Share this | Hansard source

You are right, I am beside myself with excitement over this. David Gonski AC, in a media conference on 2 May 2017—I have to hurry up to make sure I get through a bit of this, let me tell you—said:

I'm very pleased to hear that the Turnbull Government has accepted the fundamental recommendations of our 2011 report, and particularly regarding a needs-based situation … I am very pleased that there is substantial additional money, even over indexation and in the foreseeable future.

Bill Scales, one of the original Gonski panellists, said on AM in an interview on 3 May:

This is about how to provide the highest quality of education for every student and we shouldn't make that a political issue.

We also have Principal Michael Honey, from Nazareth Catholic College Primary Campus, in an interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, on 3 May:

I think this is a fabulous deal for South Australia … Every school in South Australia will benefit from this, every single one …

And there are more. Shelley Hill from the Australian Parents Council in a media release on 3 May said:

The Australian Parents Council welcomes the announcement by the Prime Minister and Education Minister …

"It is very positive to hear the commitment to a single, needs-based, sector blind funding model for Australian schools …"

And there is more. But I will have to leave that to my colleagues. But let me say that I am so proud of what this government has proposed to reform the schools sector in this country.

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