Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Under the Liberals, almost nine in 10 public schools will never get to 100 per cent of the School Resourcing Standard because the Liberals have capped federal funding for public schools at just 20 per cent of the SRS. We won't take lectures from the Greens, who wanted to back the Liberals when they introduced a school funding package which allowed this to occur. When Lee Rhiannon refused to back down, her reward was Senator Faruqi knocking her off in preselection. The Greens know that 100 per cent of funding can only happen if state and territory governments agree, so it is not something that this parliament can commit to.

Labor has committed to investing $3.3 billion in public schools over the first three years of a Labor government and $14 billion over the decade. Labor's goal over time is to get every public school to 100 per cent of its fair funding level. But that requires funding commitments from the states and territories, and we are putting back the funding that the Greens were complicit in getting ripped out of schools.