Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for confirming that the government has ended the funding for the National Asian Languages and Studies in Schools Program and that that ended at the end of the financial year. Can the minister say, instead of just thinking about it, what specific commitments this government is making now to fund not only Asian language programs in schools but the teachers who might actually teach them? What is the funding in this financial year for teachers and Asian language programs?