Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Stephens for her supplementary question. I think it is very important for the chamber and those opposite to recognise that schools in Australia, no matter what state or territory we are talking about, have not been short-changed. We have met our commitment to provide funding certainty over the next four years from 2014 to 2017. As I said in my previous response, this is $1.2 billion more than schools would have received under the previous government. That is a convenient omission that they continue to make.