Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I accept that point of order. The Liberals' and Nationals' cuts mean almost 1,800 jobs slashed in New South Wales and are gouging workers and students with an almost 10 per cent increase in TAFE fees and a whopping $1.7 billion in funding cuts. As I said, they are freezing funding to Catholic and independent schools in New South Wales. This again is a glimpse—a very important glimpse—of what it will mean to have the Libs and the Nats running our education system at the federal level.

Mr Husic interjecting—

I thank the member for Chifley for his interjection, because I can see now that the Libs and Nats are trying to blame one another.

I have been roaming schools throughout my electorate in the past months doing Building the Education Revolution openings, and everywhere I find great, dedicated teachers trying to do great things for our local schoolkids. We should be supporting them collectively, not making their work even harder than it is.

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