Brett Mason (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Universities and Research) Share this | Hansard source

The minister was eloquent, as always, but I think I did mention that the coalition amendments I have moved this morning have been endorsed by the Independent Schools Council of Australia, the National Catholic Education Commission and the Independent Education Union. There is a reason for that, and that is: there is no specific legislative device whereby the independent schools sector have a role in developing time lines for implementation of the national curriculum. What the opposition is asking for is simply a specific legislative charge for independent schools to have a capacity to be involved in the setting of time lines for the implementation of the national curriculum. I do not think that is asking too much.