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| Q&A: Simon Birmingham says private schools could lose money under Gonski overhaul | |
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| Some wealthy schools are getting more than their fair share of funding and could lose money under a reimagined Gonski funding model, the education minister, Simon Birmingham, has said. | Some wealthy schools are getting more than their fair share of funding and could lose money under a reimagined Gonski funding model, the education minister, Simon Birmingham, has said. |
| On the ABC’s Q&A program on Monday night, Birmingham said the promise that no school would be worse off did not apply under the Turnbull government because some schools were significantly overfunded. | On the ABC’s Q&A program on Monday night, Birmingham said the promise that no school would be worse off did not apply under the Turnbull government because some schools were significantly overfunded. |
| He told host Tony Jones it was “possible” those schools, which he declined to list, could lose money under the new arrangements, which are due to be finalised by March. | He told host Tony Jones it was “possible” those schools, which he declined to list, could lose money under the new arrangements, which are due to be finalised by March. |
| He said some overfunded schools would take “more than 100 years to come into alignment with the current funding model” and that some of those were “wealthier private schools”. | He said some overfunded schools would take “more than 100 years to come into alignment with the current funding model” and that some of those were “wealthier private schools”. |
| He also said he would be open to creating an independent national schools resourcing body, as recommended in the initial Gonski review, to make evidence-based decisions on school funding allocations, so long as the state and territory governments agreed to abide by its decisions. | He also said he would be open to creating an independent national schools resourcing body, as recommended in the initial Gonski review, to make evidence-based decisions on school funding allocations, so long as the state and territory governments agreed to abide by its decisions. |
| Birmingham began negotiations to thrash out a new school funding agreement at a meeting of education ministers in Adelaide last week and has argued that funding disparity between states will widen unless the deal brokered by the Gillard-Rudd government is scrapped. | Birmingham began negotiations to thrash out a new school funding agreement at a meeting of education ministers in Adelaide last week and has argued that funding disparity between states will widen unless the deal brokered by the Gillard-Rudd government is scrapped. |
| The South Australian premier, Jay Weatherill, said his state would be $335m better off under the old deal. | The South Australian premier, Jay Weatherill, said his state would be $335m better off under the old deal. |
| The Labor senator for SA, Penny Wong, and the former Howard-era minister Amanda Vanstone appeared on the Adelaide-themed panel alongside Weatherill and Birmingham. | The Labor senator for SA, Penny Wong, and the former Howard-era minister Amanda Vanstone appeared on the Adelaide-themed panel alongside Weatherill and Birmingham. |
| Weatherill fielded questions on the proposal for a nuclear waste dump in SA, which has been investigated by a royal commission, and for oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight. | Weatherill fielded questions on the proposal for a nuclear waste dump in SA, which has been investigated by a royal commission, and for oil drilling in the Great Australian Bight. |
| He promised Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman Karina Lester, whose father, Yami Lester, was blinded by the fallout from the British nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 1950s, that a nuclear waste dump would “require essentially the explicit consent of traditional owners” and that “if that didn’t exist, it wouldn’t happen.” | He promised Yankunytjatjara Anangu woman Karina Lester, whose father, Yami Lester, was blinded by the fallout from the British nuclear tests at Maralinga in the 1950s, that a nuclear waste dump would “require essentially the explicit consent of traditional owners” and that “if that didn’t exist, it wouldn’t happen.” |
| Vanstone dismissed talk of a proposed nuclear waste dump in SA as a “distraction,” saying it would likely never eventuate. The only other country to consider making a permanent nuclear waste dump, Finland, took 38 years to reach its decision. | Vanstone dismissed talk of a proposed nuclear waste dump in SA as a “distraction,” saying it would likely never eventuate. The only other country to consider making a permanent nuclear waste dump, Finland, took 38 years to reach its decision. |
| Vanstone went on to defend the role of immigration minister, which she held with between 2003 and 2007, as “a shocker of a job,” and blamed the UN for “not supporting” Australia’s strong border policies and allowing “people smugglers decide who will come to Australia”. | Vanstone went on to defend the role of immigration minister, which she held with between 2003 and 2007, as “a shocker of a job,” and blamed the UN for “not supporting” Australia’s strong border policies and allowing “people smugglers decide who will come to Australia”. |
| Vanstone blames UN, smugglers, Labor, Bosnia for Manus and Nauru. Anyone but the government. #qanda | Vanstone blames UN, smugglers, Labor, Bosnia for Manus and Nauru. Anyone but the government. #qanda |
| In a line reminiscent of Donald Trump Jr’s controversial tweet comparing immigrants to a bowl of skittles, Vanstone said: “If you take the sugar off the table the ants will stop coming.” | In a line reminiscent of Donald Trump Jr’s controversial tweet comparing immigrants to a bowl of skittles, Vanstone said: “If you take the sugar off the table the ants will stop coming.” |
| Shocked at @amandavanstone's cruel analogy of asylum seekers to ants and safety as sugar. Remove sugar to stop ants. #QandA | Shocked at @amandavanstone's cruel analogy of asylum seekers to ants and safety as sugar. Remove sugar to stop ants. #QandA |
| She said she’d picked up the line from an unnamed Indonesian minister and, when Jones questioned whether she should refer to refugees as ants, she defended it as quite an effective analogy. | She said she’d picked up the line from an unnamed Indonesian minister and, when Jones questioned whether she should refer to refugees as ants, she defended it as quite an effective analogy. |
| “If you’ve got strong borders, you can have a bigger, stronger immigration program, bring more people in, increase your refugee intake ... because Australians don’t feel threatened by the program,” she said. | “If you’ve got strong borders, you can have a bigger, stronger immigration program, bring more people in, increase your refugee intake ... because Australians don’t feel threatened by the program,” she said. |
| Vanstone: People who have $10,000 to spend on people smugglers not refugees. Dangerous cliche. #QandA | Vanstone: People who have $10,000 to spend on people smugglers not refugees. Dangerous cliche. #QandA |
| Vanstone also said she supported a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, despite saying that most of the people she talked to in the Liberal party supported marriage equality. | Vanstone also said she supported a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, despite saying that most of the people she talked to in the Liberal party supported marriage equality. |
| Birmingham, who is among that group, said the plebiscite was the quickest route to marriage equality and urged Wong to support the vote. | Birmingham, who is among that group, said the plebiscite was the quickest route to marriage equality and urged Wong to support the vote. |
| Labor is expected to block the plebiscite. If it’s voted down, the Coalition has said, it could put marriage equality off the table until after the next federal election in 2019. | Labor is expected to block the plebiscite. If it’s voted down, the Coalition has said, it could put marriage equality off the table until after the next federal election in 2019. |
| Both Weatherill and Wong said federal parliament should just hold a parliamentary vote on marriage equality and resolve the debate without a $200m national campaign. | Both Weatherill and Wong said federal parliament should just hold a parliamentary vote on marriage equality and resolve the debate without a $200m national campaign. |
| “A plebiscite is all about the internal politics of the Liberal party, not about delivering marriage equality,” Wong said. “It’s about Malcolm Turnbull and Simon [Birmingham] trying to placate the members of the right of the Liberal party because they don’t want a free vote.” | “A plebiscite is all about the internal politics of the Liberal party, not about delivering marriage equality,” Wong said. “It’s about Malcolm Turnbull and Simon [Birmingham] trying to placate the members of the right of the Liberal party because they don’t want a free vote.” |
| The government is asking the people to resolve an internal party disagreement on marriage equality. #qanda | The government is asking the people to resolve an internal party disagreement on marriage equality. #qanda |
| Wong criticised moderate members of the Liberal party for not lobbying to introduce a free vote while, at the other end of the spectrum, conservative MPs such as George Christensen were prepared to cross the floor. | Wong criticised moderate members of the Liberal party for not lobbying to introduce a free vote while, at the other end of the spectrum, conservative MPs such as George Christensen were prepared to cross the floor. |
| “I understand why Malcolm and Simon and others have gone through this process but you can’t ultimately negotiate with prejudice,” she said. | “I understand why Malcolm and Simon and others have gone through this process but you can’t ultimately negotiate with prejudice,” she said. |
| Birmingham said the plebiscite was the result of years of lobbying by moderate Liberal MPs and said conservatives such as fellow SA senator Cory Bernardi had campaigned for a continued blanket opposition to marriage equality, not a plebiscite. | Birmingham said the plebiscite was the result of years of lobbying by moderate Liberal MPs and said conservatives such as fellow SA senator Cory Bernardi had campaigned for a continued blanket opposition to marriage equality, not a plebiscite. |
| Wong said the community needed to continue to agitate for a free parliamentary vote on same-sex marriage. | Wong said the community needed to continue to agitate for a free parliamentary vote on same-sex marriage. |
| “This issue – I’m really tired of talking about it,” she said. | “This issue – I’m really tired of talking about it,” she said. |
| "I'm really tired of talking about it."EXTREMELY RELATABLE CONTENT FROM WONG #qanda | "I'm really tired of talking about it."EXTREMELY RELATABLE CONTENT FROM WONG #qanda |