Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Polley and all of us on this side of the parliament have been focused on delivering better education for Australians for all of our time in the parliament. This has been a Labor project over generations: to lift the educational opportunities of all Australians. We believe every kid deserves a great education, and that is what we are delivering. For the first time, we are fully funding public schools, and it is a Labor government that has delivered it. A Labor government has delivered it through the Better and Fairer Schools Agreement. It is the biggest new investment in public schools by the Australian government ever: $16½ billion over 10 years. But we recognise funding is not enough, which is why investment is tied to real reforms that help children catch up, keep up and finish school. (Time expired)