Trevor Evans (Brisbane, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

support the government's reform aims, that they are receiving a net 3.7 per cent increase in funding overall and that parents can expect to see no unusual fee increases within the Brisbane archdiocese as a consequence of these reforms. That type of feedback is important because, for most schools, there is, of course, this second step to their funding models. Of course, after the Commonwealth government provides its funding, state governments schools continue to get most of their funding from the state governments that run them. Non-government schools will continue to charge private school fees.

On top of that, there does remain this very important ability of the different systems—in Brisbane's case, like Education Queensland for the state schools and the Queensland Catholic Education Commission for Catholic schools—to redistribute the funding in their systems. We are very proudly backing them and their continuing ability to decide how they redistribute within their school systems.

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