Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

How is it fair or needs based that in this budget Peel High School—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Could you start the question again? It was not clear to me who it was to.

Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It is to the Prime Minister. How is it fair or needs based that in this budget Peel High School in the Deputy Prime Minister's electorate will lose $1.68 million over the next two years, while the Armidale School, with fees of up to $20,000 per year, gets an extra $16.3 million over the decade?

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I have looked up Peel High School on the government's estimator app and it shows that it will receive over 10 years $8½ million of additional funding. Funding per student will go from $4,171 to—

Government Members:

Government members interjecting—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Members on my right will cease interjecting! Before I call the member for Sydney, I remind her of her point of order yesterday, which was an abuse of the point of order, and the fact that she has already been warned. The member for Sydney on a point of order.

Mr Pasin interjecting—

Mr Hastie interjecting—

The member for Barker and the member for Canning are both warned. The member for Sydney will state the point of order.

Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The point of order is relevance. These figures are New South Wales government figures—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Sydney will resume her seat. The Prime Minister is completely relevant to the question. The Prime Minister has the call.

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The honourable member has said in defence of her question that these are New South Wales government figures. I remind the honourable member that this is the Commonwealth parliament and we are talking about Commonwealth government spending. What I am saying to the honourable member is—as every parent at Peel High School can see—that in 2017 the funding per student from the Commonwealth is estimated at $4,171 and by 2027 it will be $6,659. Those are the figures set out by the Commonwealth department of education. I refer the honourable member to them.