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

No wonder the Turnbull government's plan has been welcomed by the Grattan Institute. No wonder it has been welcomed by the state schools association. No wonder it has been welcomed by Christian Schools Australia. No wonder it has been welcomed by the Brisbane Catholic Education office.

I was asked if there were any other views of particular note. Today, Dr Ken Boston, one of the original members of the Gonski panel, a former head of the education departments of New South Wales and South Australia, said:

There are no grounds for opposition to the schools funding bill in principle, and every reason to work collaboratively towards its successful implementation and further refinement in the years ahead.

It will be a tragedy if the school funding bill is voted down in the Senate.

So, ultimately, it is up to the Leader of the Opposition. He is standing alone in opposition to an additional $18.6 billion in funding. He is showing why his former dictum, his famous line, 'If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there,' is starting to work, because he does not know where he is going. If he were supportive of more school student funding, if he were in favour of a more transparent and fair system, he would get behind the Turnbull government's education plan, with an extra $18.6 billion for more than 9,000 schools across the country.

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