Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, Mr President, it was independently assessed. I do want to finish saying who was on the panel. The other members of the panel were the Director of the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures, Angela Scarino, and former Chief Scientist—the actual Chief Scientist—James Peacock. That was the group that was involved in the assessment, and this was done on the basis of disadvantage. That was one of the key criteria: disadvantage. Again, Labor is delivering for schools; Labor is making a more productive country. The Liberal and National parties neglected schools for 12 years. (Time expired)