Mark Furner (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Senator Kim Carr. We live in one of the most prosperous nations on earth and yet there are almost eight million people in this country who have problems with reading. What is the government doing to ensure that no child has to grow up in the 21st century without the basic capacity to read?