Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move Greens amendment (1) on sheet 5654:

(1)    Clause 1, page 1 (line 8), omit “Schools Assistance Act”, substitute “Non-Government Schools Assistance Act”.

Previously, the Schools Assistance Bill incorporated the funding for both government and non-government schools. This year, it has been split. The bill before us is precisely a bill for non-government school funding, so I am moving to amend the short title of the Schools Assistance Act to be the ‘Non-Government Schools Assistance Act’, because it is a matter of fact that that is the case. That is exactly what we are doing, and I think it is important, if we are going to split the bills and we are going to deal with public education separately from non-government education funding, that we be specific about what we are doing.