Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Wong does not appreciate the fact that the Commonwealth gives the money to each of the state governments—she obviously has no idea how this works as she yells out that this is Commonwealth funding. Of course we give a single cheque to each of the state governments, but that cheque goes up each and every year into the future and we are providing real benefits to each of those schools right across South Australia.