Brett Mason (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Universities and Research) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given the Gonski review recommends that an additional $6.5 billion per year be spent on schools—a figure the Prime Minister committed to in her speech to the National Press Club—can the minister advise the Senate where the money will come from? Given the government's $120 billion budget black hole, can the minister guarantee that the government's so-called school funding reform will not saddle students of today with more debt and higher taxes that they will have to pay for tomorrow?