Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

I particularly thank Senator McKenzie for her continuing interest in these issues of education reform, which the minister is pursuing so assiduously. What the coalition government has done is to accept the overwhelming evidence—both Australian and international—that has shown that increased school autonomy is a very important contributor to improving student education performance outcomes. So there has been a strong move across most jurisdictions in Australia to increase principal and school autonomy in the public school sector.