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

I acknowledge and thank Senator Collins for her acknowledgement that the opposition will not be opposing these amendments and have provided their support to these amendments.

My understanding is that, in total, over the 10-year period, around 65 per cent of that additional funding now available will flow towards the public sector, and that is of course, broadly speaking, commensurate with the enrolment share across different sectors in Australia.

In terms of your question about teacher wages, Senator Collins, as you would know, because they are negotiated through industrial processes by the different school system authorities or individual authorities, they are really matters for those systems. As you are aware, through the bill there is consideration given to overall wages growth as part of the indexation arrangements.