Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I begin by foreshadowing a second reading amendment on behalf of Senator Nettle and the Australian Greens which is to add at the end of the second reading motion the words:

“but the Senate condemns the Government for not funding schools on the basis of genuine need which necessarily requires funding to be diverted from being provided to the wealthiest private schools and instead being redirected to the most needy public schools”.