Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The Morrison government is supporting Australian students affected by drought and flood through the isolated children scheme, to help eligible parents and carers with the extra costs of educating their children when they cannot go to an appropriate government school; $4 million in special circumstances funding to assist 25 non-government schools that were impacted by floods, benefiting more than 600 students; a $1.2 billion Choice and Affordability Fund to support choice in schools, including support in drought affected areas; the Community Child Care Fund, which will support access to child care in regional and remote Australia, with $327 million over five years; and the flood education supplement one-off payment of $1,000 per student for isolated families severely affected by the floods in North Queensland.