Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

You prefer 'plus'? It is a 'plus' on the status quo, which was the bill, so I will grant you 'plus'. What proportion of the funding under Gonski 2.0+ will go to public schools?

The other question I have, Minister, is on issues related to teacher wages. We have heard, from a number of parties, concerns about how this model might impact on the wage cases and claims of teachers across the various different sectors and states. My question is: what, if any, impact will this faster transition of funds over six years as opposed to the 10-year plan—so, the additional $5 billion—have on the pressures related to teacher wages? If it is going to achieve an improvement and not damage the appropriate reward for good quality Australian teachers, that will be good, but if it is essentially not going to make much difference because the model really is not addressing those issues and the government does not have any other plans in relation to rewarding quality teaching, then that is a point worth understanding.