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| Simon Birmingham to Catholic system: no more special school deals - politics live | Simon Birmingham to Catholic system: no more special school deals - politics live |
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| Labor is heaping pressure on the Greens not to support the government’s schools package. If the Greens agree to support the package in the senate, the government would only need one crossbencher to come across. If they don’t, the government needs 10 of the 12 of the crossbench. That means basically all of One Nation, all of the Xenophones. Degree of difficulty? 547. | |
| Labor education shadow Tanya Plibersek said she would be shocked if the Greens support the legislation. | |
| I’m not sure how they missed the central part of the central part of the package which is the $23bn cut. | |
| The state Education Ministers don’t think that this plan is dead. They said that they will not accept the funding cuts that amount to about $850m over the next two years for NSW public schools, $630m over the next two years for Victorian public schools, about $85m for Tasmanian public schools. About $265m for South Australian schools and the list goes on. | |
| These are enormous cuts to public schools. You’ve also seen the reaction of the Catholic systemic system. There is very, very strong opposition to this and if the government and the Greens don’t listen to that Opposition from teachers and principals and parents, from children, then I think that they’ve got a real mess on their hands and a real problem. | |
| 11.13pm BST | 11.13pm BST |
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| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| Resources and Northern Australia minister, Matt Canavan, has blasted the Queensland government for apparently reneging on a proposal to give the Adani Carmichael coal mine a $320m royalty holiday. | Resources and Northern Australia minister, Matt Canavan, has blasted the Queensland government for apparently reneging on a proposal to give the Adani Carmichael coal mine a $320m royalty holiday. |
| Canavan said it was a “shocking condemnation” of division in the Palaszczuk government that they could not tell Adani how much tax they would pay a week before its board was due to make a decision, and the confusion left a “serious question mark” over the project. | Canavan said it was a “shocking condemnation” of division in the Palaszczuk government that they could not tell Adani how much tax they would pay a week before its board was due to make a decision, and the confusion left a “serious question mark” over the project. |
| Canavan likened the proposed royalty holiday to a “rent free” period when a new tenant enters a commercial lease. He said if the mine earned about $100m in royalties a year, the $300m tax break would amount to three years of royalties for a mine that would stay open for 60 years. | Canavan likened the proposed royalty holiday to a “rent free” period when a new tenant enters a commercial lease. He said if the mine earned about $100m in royalties a year, the $300m tax break would amount to three years of royalties for a mine that would stay open for 60 years. |
| If the mine’s not developed we’re not giving them anything, of course, because we won’t have any royalties. It’s the hypocrisy and inconsistency of those opposed to this mine: that somehow ... they want to say you’re giving a concession by not taxing somebody. | If the mine’s not developed we’re not giving them anything, of course, because we won’t have any royalties. It’s the hypocrisy and inconsistency of those opposed to this mine: that somehow ... they want to say you’re giving a concession by not taxing somebody. |
| And at the other hand they don’t want to develop the Galilee Basin at all ... They think it’s not something we should do, and that’s their right, but then of course we’re not getting any royalties, so we’re giving a $6bn concession away to … not go into an area which would of great benefit to our country. | And at the other hand they don’t want to develop the Galilee Basin at all ... They think it’s not something we should do, and that’s their right, but then of course we’re not getting any royalties, so we’re giving a $6bn concession away to … not go into an area which would of great benefit to our country. |
| Canavan said it was a matter for Adani whether the mine would be viable without the $300m concession. | Canavan said it was a matter for Adani whether the mine would be viable without the $300m concession. |
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| Good morning blogans, | Good morning blogans, |
| The Gonski 2.0 school funding package comes to the lower house today as part of the Catholic education system intensifies its war with the Turnbull government. | The Gonski 2.0 school funding package comes to the lower house today as part of the Catholic education system intensifies its war with the Turnbull government. |
| The federal government provides funding on a needs basis to the Catholic state and territory education systems and then they distribute the funding according to their own funding formulas. | The federal government provides funding on a needs basis to the Catholic state and territory education systems and then they distribute the funding according to their own funding formulas. |
| Matthew Knott of Fairfax documents the disparities between some of the Catholic schools within Victoria. | Matthew Knott of Fairfax documents the disparities between some of the Catholic schools within Victoria. |
| St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Catholic Parish Primary School, a low-SES school in Melbourne’s Epping North, received $1.86 million in 2015 – $1.49 million less than its federal government allocation. | St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Catholic Parish Primary School, a low-SES school in Melbourne’s Epping North, received $1.86 million in 2015 – $1.49 million less than its federal government allocation. |
| The most socially disadvantaged Catholic school in Victoria, St Thomas Aquinas in Norlane, received 15 per cent less than its federal government funding allocation in 2015. | The most socially disadvantaged Catholic school in Victoria, St Thomas Aquinas in Norlane, received 15 per cent less than its federal government funding allocation in 2015. |
| Meanwhile, St Columba’s School in the affluent Melbourne suburb of Elwood received 15 per cent more funding than its federal government allocation. | Meanwhile, St Columba’s School in the affluent Melbourne suburb of Elwood received 15 per cent more funding than its federal government allocation. |
| As the legislation comes to the floor of parliament, education minister Simon Birmingham told Sabra Lane that he was not for turning. | As the legislation comes to the floor of parliament, education minister Simon Birmingham told Sabra Lane that he was not for turning. |
| We are not about to entertain ideas that would go back to different deals or creating a system that advantages one type of the non-government school sector over another or one state over another. Australians are sick and tired of that. | We are not about to entertain ideas that would go back to different deals or creating a system that advantages one type of the non-government school sector over another or one state over another. Australians are sick and tired of that. |
| He said the Catholic education offices would retain autonomy about how they fund their schools but he does expect them to apply to needs based funding principles. | He said the Catholic education offices would retain autonomy about how they fund their schools but he does expect them to apply to needs based funding principles. |
| There is plenty more today. We have party room meetings this morning. We have the Adani storm brewing over the Indian-owned company’s applications for royalty holidays on the mega coal mine. We have the ACTU president Ged Kearney and Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell speaking at the press club on penalty rates. | There is plenty more today. We have party room meetings this morning. We have the Adani storm brewing over the Indian-owned company’s applications for royalty holidays on the mega coal mine. We have the ACTU president Ged Kearney and Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell speaking at the press club on penalty rates. |
| You can talk to me in the Twits @gabriellechan and him @mpbowers. Join the thread or take up your cudgels on Facebook. | You can talk to me in the Twits @gabriellechan and him @mpbowers. Join the thread or take up your cudgels on Facebook. |