Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

If I might repeat, the government's intention is to talk to the states and territories about the funding arrangements to support the Gonski reforms. We do have great schools in this country. We want to see better schools in this country. We are determined to ensure that our education system continues to contribute to Australia having a strong economy and we want to ensure that everybody in this country gets a fair go through that education system. It is too important and too early for anybody to be ruling out what processes will be followed in regard to their conversations with the states about the way in which we will improve the school system in this country. We will be releasing more details in the coming weeks and we will be discussing those details with the states and territories and the non-government education authorities. We expect that there will be a genuine interest from all the parties to education in this country about developing better education outcomes for all Australians. (Time expired)