Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Finance, Charities and Electoral Matters) | Hansard source

I am very pleased to speak in favour of the Choice and Affordability Fund. The government is committed to providing affordable choice to Australian families when it comes to education. That is why we have established the $1.2 billion Choice and Affordability Fund. The fund recognises that the Australian government is the majority funder of non-government schools. States, as the majority funder of government schools, already provide additional support to government schools that is not available to non-government schools. The fund will be used to assist schools in regional and remote areas and in drought affected areas, assist schools during the transition to the new capacity-to-contribute measure, enhance student wellbeing and support initiatives, and strengthen educational outcomes in schools.