Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues) Share this | Hansard source

The fact is that there is a bias in favour of state government schools in terms of public funding. Sixty-seven per cent of Australian students attend a state government school, and those schools receive 75 per cent of total public funding. This is a fact, yet the Australian Education Union is out there misleading the Australian public, putting out false information to Australian parents and attacking Catholic and independent schools. The Australian government is obliged to set the record straight and it is considering its options.

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