Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, how is it fair that under this government public schools get a cut but these elite schools get an increase—SCEGGS, Pymble Ladies' College, Presbyterian Ladies' College, Shore, Cranbrook School, Knox Grammar, Geelong Grammar, Scotch College and Brisbane Grammar, just to name a few?

The SPEAKER: The Minister for the Environment and Energy, representing the Minister for Education.

Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I say to the member for Sydney: the state school students in Victoria, under the Turnbull government's plan, will get an extra—

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Sydney will not interject.

Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

5.2 per cent over the decade.

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Sydney is warned.

Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The students at state schools in Queensland over the decade will get a 4.9 per cent increase under the Turnbull government's plan. The students at state schools in South Australia, under the Turnbull government's plan, will get a 5.6 per cent increase. In Western Australia, under the Turnbull government's plan, state school students will get a 6.8 per cent increase. In Tasmania, under the Turnbull government's plan, state school students will get a 3.9 per cent increase. And in the ACT, under the Turnbull government's plan, state school students will get a 5.8 per cent increase over the decade. In the Northern Territory, they will get a 1.3 per cent increase over the decade.

The member for Sydney has 40 schools in her electorate.

Mr Snowdon interjecting—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Lingiari will cease interjecting.

Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On average, in the member for Sydney's electorate, the schools will be better off under the Turnbull government's plan by $2.5 million each. St Andrew's Cathedral School, in the member for Sydney's electorate, will get over $6 million more under the Turnbull government's plan. Newtown High School of the Performing Arts, in the member for Sydney's electorate, will get an increase of over $8 million over the next 10 years.

In the member for Maribyrnong's electorate, there are 54 schools and over 30,000 school students. Every single school will benefit under the Turnbull government's plan—an average of $7.2 million extra for those schools. So I look forward to the member for Maribyrnong going to Ave Maria College and saying to them that, under the Turnbull government's plan, they will get an extra $14 million over the next 10 years. St Christopher's School, in the member for Maribyrnong's electorate, over the next 10 years will get an extra $12 million. Maribyrnong Secondary College, in the member for Maribyrnong's electorate, over the next 10 years will get an extra $10 million. And St Albans Secondary College, in the Leader of the Opposition's electorate, over the next 10 years will get an extra $13 million.

Only the Turnbull government will deliver more money for the schools in the electorate of the Leader of the Opposition, in the electorate of the member for Sydney and for 9,000-plus schools across Australia.