Jess Walsh (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education) Share this | Hansard source

As a government we are proud to be fully funding every public school in Australia to 100 per cent of their fair funding level. This record new investment is tied to reform, and that reform is already being delivered. We're rolling out year 1 phonics checks nationally so children who are struggling to read are identified early and supported before gaps widen. We know this works because we've seen the improvements in your home state, Senator, in South Australia, where phonics checks have been in place for several years.

We're applying that same evidence based approach nationally. We're also strengthening maths in the early years with a new early-years numeracy check, because, again, we are united in building strong foundations for Australia's children.