Senate debates

Thursday, 5 August 2021

Questions without Notice

Closing the Gap

Photo of Bridget McKenzieBridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

We're not just investing in early childhood care and education, but, for secondary, we're wanting to make sure that parents and students have choice to determine what works best for them. In remote communities there can be few if any local secondary school options, and that's why often boarding or residential schools are an important option for so many children in your home territory, Senator. The government will invest $75 million to help meet the cost of building three new boarding schools in remote Western Australia in the NT and upgrades to a fourth in the Northern Territory. Indigenous children in regional and remote areas need to see the opportunities available to them. Together, using the evidence, we can close the gap on Indigenous education outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

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