Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

This former minister managed to unite the public school sector, the Catholic school sector, the independent school sector, principals and teacher groups, his Liberal colleagues, state education ministers, a Liberal education spokesman, former Prime Minister Howard and former Prime Minister Turnbull as a result of this minister's bungled handling of school funding cuts. Is it any wonder Senator Birmingham was dumped as Minister for Education and Training and replaced by Minister Tehan?