Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

Forty-nine schools in his electorate will get the benefit of an extra $4.8 million. Or there is the other alternative Leader of the Opposition—the one who is leading in the polls with 30.7 per cent—the member for Sydney, who gave up that foreign affairs portfolio to get closer to the action only to be gazumped by the education minister when it came to schools funding! In her electorate of Sydney, as a result of the Turnbull government's policies 40 schools will get an average of $2.5 million each. And the list goes on.

But the reality is that the member for Sydney went on this morning in what the Prime Minister said was a train wreck of an interview on AM. She was confronted with the comments from the Archdiocese of Brisbane, which said, 'We thank the Turnbull government for the work that they have done on education—increased funding, no decreases in fees.' And what did the member for Sydney say? 'Oh, they only represent 140 schools.' So suddenly, the Archdiocese representing 140 schools does not count. But, really, when it comes to those opposite—

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