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

We have secured new funding for important programs, and we will continue this government's record—in fact, record investments—in schools and early childhood education. What we have been talking about is an expansion to $13.9 billion compared to the $8.5 billion in the last Howard government budget.

The opposition plans to cut $2.8 billion from school education—$2.8 billion. Senator Mason, this leaves you terminally exposed. You should send those sorts of questions straight back to the tactics committee, because they bear no relationship to the fact that you are going to cut $2.8 billion. And, of course, the Leader of the Opposition has made it perfectly clear he has no intention of acting on the Gonski reforms and has no intention of supporting extra money for schools and wants to cut— (Time expired)