Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I refer to the Prime Minister’s answer to the last question on his government’s performance on education. Does the Prime Minister believe it is good enough for our economic future when we are ranked 29th in the world on the teaching of maths and science; our national investment in vocational education and training has been virtually flat; our national investment in higher education has been reduced by seven per cent, when the rest of the OECD’s has increased by 48 per cent; and, when it comes to national outlays on early childhood education, they are one-fifth of the average of the OECD? Prime Minister, don’t you think we can do better than that for our kids’ future?

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