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

The honourable member for Sydney asked me about when schools would be at the Schooling Resource Standard and I advised her that, by 2027, the Commonwealth will be funding the government schools at 20 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard and non-government schools at 80 per cent.

I add for the benefit of honourable members that under the existing arrangements that were put in place by the Labor Party, by 2027, 6,966 schools out of over 9,000 schools in Australia would still have been below the full Schooling Resource Standard by an average of approximately $690,000. The reality is that under the Labor Party's plan, it would have taken 150 years for the Schooling Resource Standard to be met and for equitable, fair and consistent needs-based funding to be achieved. On that note, Mr Speaker, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.