“Mr Abbott and Mr Pyne are the only ones who want to tear up the Gonski agreements that have already been signed. The Coalition only pledged one third of funding in those deals, yet it seems they want to abandon even that,” said Mr Gavrielatos.
“Abandoning Gonski would be a disastrous move by this Government – it would be a terrible breach of faith with Australian parents, one that would deny resources to the school kids who most need some extra support,” concluded Mr Gavrielatos.
See below for additional key quotes from the Coalition on Gonski schools funding.
- 1 “Over the next four years, we will maintain the new school funding model and the budget that went with that in the forward estimates.” Australian Agenda 17 November 2013.
- 2 Christopher Pyne media release, 21 August 2013.
Policy launch 29 August 2013
Pyne: “So you can vote Liberal or Labor and you'll get exactly the same amount of funding for your school except you'll get $120 million more from the Coalition because in this policy today we are announcing a number of measures, modest measures, prudent measures, but ones that will address some of the key issues that we think are important.”
Speech to Deaf Group, Melbourne 19 August 2013
Pyne: “So, your question asks about federal funding, we’ll provide exactly the same federal funding as Labor will provide in Victorian public schools.”
Abbott & Pyne doorstop, 2 August 2013
Abbott:“As far as I am concerned, as far as Christopher Pyne is concerned, as far as the Coalition is concerned, we want to end the uncertainty by guaranteeing that no school will be worse off over the forward estimates period.
Abbott: “So, we will honour the agreements that Labor has entered into. We will match the offers that Labor has made.
We will make sure that no school is worse off. We think that money is important. It's very important to educational outcomes that schools are properly funded but money is not all that matters. What matters at least as much is good teachers, good teaching, strong principals, strong parental and community engagement and strong curricula. This is what counts if we are going to have the better schools that our students deserve and that our country needs.”
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Abbott:“Under the Coalition, “Under the Coalition, you'll get the funding but you won't get the strings attached so what I want to say today is that as far as school funding is concerned, Kevin Rudd and I are on a unity ticket. There is no difference between Kevin Rudd and myself when it comes to school funding.”
Pyne: The two key elements that we're announcing today in the education funding area are that we will adopt exactly the same funding envelope as Labor over the forward estimates so that school principals and parents, that school systems, states and territories can plan from 2014 and onwards knowing that they will attract exactly the same funds whether they are in the new model or out of the new model that Labor would have given them if the school system had gone ahead as planned.
News Ltd Education forum, 29 August 2013
Pyne:“We have agreed to the government’s new school funding model over the forward estimates, because we believe that the debate over funding was becoming something of an asinine distraction from the issues around getting the best results for students.”
POST ELECTION COMMITMENTS TO GONSKI
ABC 7:30 Interview, 15 October 2013
Pyne: “Well, we've said that we will adopt the new school funding model from the 1st of January next year for the next four years and have the same funding envelope as the previous Government. So yes, we’ve accepted that there is a new school funding model, but I believe there's a great deal of work that needs to be done to make it work.”
Australian Agenda 17 November 2013.
Pyne: “Over the next four years, we will maintain the new school funding model and the budget that went with that in the forward estimates.”
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