Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Can the Prime Minister today guarantee that no parent will have to pay more to send their child to a Catholic school because of the Prime Minister's schools policy?

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

As the honourable member knows full well, the funding going to the Catholic system is increasing substantially. There is more money going to Catholic school systems. That is the fact. How the Catholic school systems manage their fees or allocate the money they are given by the Commonwealth is a matter for them. What we do is, transparently and consistently, set out how the needs based funding is determined. The Australian government determines the needs of each school and allocates money appropriately. How the Catholic administrators determine fees is a matter for them and them alone.