Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

We have all sat here and listened to question after question after question asked on behalf of the Catholic education system in this country. Labor will go out to the Australian people and claim to be champions of the public education system. But the true champions of the public education system in this place are the Australian Greens. Every time, we will attempt to do what is in the best interests of the public education system in Australia, because the people that we care about in the context of education debates are students in the public education system. We have been very clear about that. Our track record speaks for itself. If you look at the 27 different deals that Labor stitched up when they were last in government—