Kate Ellis (Adelaide, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will not hold the committee up with the range of questions I would love to ask on Australian technical colleges, but can the minister just answer one follow-up question to the answer she just gave? I now refer to the budget measure Realising Our Potential—Rewarding Schools For Improving Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes. I ask the minister: why is the government directing $50 million to schools that have met literacy and numeracy benchmarks through $50,000 payments instead of investing that money in schools that need extra assistance in order to make the necessary improvements?

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