Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

I will make inquiries as to whether or not those claims that you have repeated are in fact the case. I can say that this government is providing $47.4 billion through the National Education Agreement to each jurisdiction that administers the funding to make decisions about resourcing for students with disabilities. The Australian government will also be providing approximately $814 million to the non-government school sector under the Schools Assistance Act to help students who are educationally disadvantaged including students who have a disability. This is approximately $159 million in addition to that which was provided by the previous government from 2005-08. Responsibility for the allocation of these funds, as I am sure Senator Troeth is aware, is up to the individual schools within the non-government education authorities in each state and territory. (Time expired)