Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

There are not unequal arrangements. In fact, the whole point of what the Turnbull government has proposed is an equal level of treatment for non-government schools across every sector, across every system and across every state and territory of Australia. That is the proposal we are putting in place that will ensure that over 10 years every non-government school transitions to an equal 80 per cent share of the schooling resource standard, informed and developed as a result of the Gonski report, and receives an equal level of treatment under that arrangement.

I am aware of the impacts in relation to the ACT. As I said, Senator Seselja has had discussions with me and we will continue to have those discussions, as I am with the ACT Catholic Education representatives, about the particular impact here. But, again, none of that should overshadow the strong growth in the ACT and the very strong growth across every single schooling sector in every single state in what we are delivering for the future. (Time expired)