George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Sterle, as I said in answer to your primary question, I am not aware of what conversations may have occurred between the Prime Minister and one of my colleagues, but I am aware of the great virtues of the school funding package that was announced by Senator Birmingham last week. You refer, in your primary question, Senator Sterle, to the Catholic system—the Catholic system of which I myself am a product, I might say, and that I care about a great deal. The increase in funding of schools across the Catholic system nationally will be 3.6 per cent. How, Senator Sterle, you can possibly say that an—