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

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his question. It is not uncommon to ask ministers and prime ministers to compare policies. But it is unusual to ask me to compare our policy, our budgeted, fully-funded policy, with Labor's fantasy. Labor promised all sorts of things—27 secret deals, no transparency, no needs-based funding. Shaking her head, the member for Sydney is outraged. The outrage should be from her supporters, and every one of them knows that their position on education has been a complete hypocrisy. I will tell you what we are spending: $18.6 billion in additional money over the next decade. While the Labor Party are unable to say how they would fund it or whether they would fund it—indeed, the member for Sydney was unable to even promise to commit to funding it—the coalition has committed. My government has committed to precisely what David Gonski recommended: national needs-based, consistent, transparent funding. Labor are not able to do that. They are wallowing in hypocrisy now, even as—

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