Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Sometimes there are good examples of why we need to do more to lift numeracy skills in Australia, and sometimes those examples are here in the Senate chamber with us. The facts are clear, and I have read them out: funding for the school in question grows each year into the future under the Turnbull government's model. Funding for the South Australian government education system grows each year into the future under the Turnbull government's model. That is basic numeracy; that is basic maths—there is more funding to help schools exactly like this one as there is for every school right across the South Australian government education system and indeed across government education systems around the country.