Deborah O'Neill (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Birmingham. The Australian today revealed that the anger stemming from the government's decision to rip out $250 million of school funding isn't confined to the Victorian branch of the Catholic education system, as the minister has implied, and that schools across Australia are voicing their anger directly to their MPs. Can the minister confirm that two-thirds of the 44 Catholic schools in the Broken Bay diocese have recorded declines in enrolments for this year, after the schools were forced to increase fees? Have concerns been raised by any of the coalition MPs covering the Broken Bay diocese, including Ms Lucy Wicks, Mr John Alexander, Mr Tony Abbott, Mr Trent Zimmerman, Mr Jason Falinski, Mr Julian Leeser, Mr Paul Fletcher and Mr Alex Hawke?