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

No, I do not. I am more than happy to highlight that, as part of the extra $25 billion the Turnbull government has put into school funding across Australia over the next decade, around $4 billion of that additional funding flows into Catholic Education systems, so that they see growth in their per-student funding that will exceed estimated inflation growth and estimated wages growth, so that they can deliver quality services into their schools, so that they can maintain the work for the outstanding educators in their schools, and so that they continue to support the students in those schools, who are sent there by hardworking parents who work hard and sacrifice to make sure their kids can get the best possible opportunity in their education. We are determined to make sure school funding in this nation is delivered according to the needs of the students in those schools, not based on what deals can be stitched up in back rooms. School funding should be transparent, open and needs based, and that is what the Turnbull government is pursuing.