Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Collins for that question. Our school-funding reforms, for the first time, put all schools on an equal footing. Ours is a genuinely needs based funding system, without special deals. Of course, Senator Birmingham, as an outstanding education minister, has been able to secure historic reforms when it comes to our school-funding arrangements.

But let me read to the chamber what the perception of Mr Shorten's approach to school funding is by the Australian Council of State School Organisations—