Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker, genuinely. My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to this 1.30 pm press release from the National Catholic Education Commission which states:

Concessions, real or imagined, will not fix the problems with this rushed legislation.

It calls on senators to vote against the plan that will not deliver needs based funding. Why is this Prime Minister punishing parents who choose to give their children a Catholic education with this rushed legislation? Why won't he take it back to the drawing board and start again?

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