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| Coalition appears to have numbers to pass Gonski 2.0 bill in Senate – question time live | Coalition appears to have numbers to pass Gonski 2.0 bill in Senate – question time live |
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| Shorten to Turnbull: This morning it is reported that a Liberal Party member and a mother of a child at Corpus Christi said “I can’t begin to describe how disappointed I am with the government right now, that we are being hung out the dry by our own MPs. Why is the Prime Minister hanging the parents of school children out to dry just because they choose to send their children to a Catholic primary school? | |
| Turnbull says the Catholic sector will see a substantial increase in funding over 10 years - $81bn or an increase of $3.4bn in total. | |
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| Plibersek to Turnbull: On Monday in Question Time the Prime Minister claimed funding for students with a disability in Tasmania would not be cut by one-third or $12 million in2018. Yesterday the Prime Minister again refused to admit he was cutting their funding. Has the Prime Minister now seen this answer to a question on notice issued by his own education department which confirms his cut? Will the Prime Minister now admit that he mislead the House on Monday, or is he so arrogant that he can’t admit he got it wrong? | |
| Turnbull says under Gonski 2.0, the funding loading for disabled kids will change. Previously students with disabilities were funded at the same rate no matter what their level of disability. | |
| Now there will be three different loadings from: | |
| supplementary: 42% in primary, 33% in secondary. | |
| substantial: 146% in primary, 116% in secondary. | |
| extensive: 312% in primary, 240% in secondary. | |
| It is a nationally consistent measure and what it means is that more students in Tasmania and across the country will be receiving supplementary support. | |
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| Shorten to Turnbull: A press release by the National Catholic Education Commission this afternoon calls on senators to vote against the plan that will not deliver needs-based funding. Why is this prime minister punishing parents who choose to give their children a Catholic education with this rushed legislation? Why won’t he take it back to the drawing board and start again? | |
| Josh Frydenberg takes the question and goes over the same ground. | |
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| Labor to Turnbull: According to the National Catholic Education Commission St Theresa’s Catholic Primary School in the electorate of Corangamite will have to increase its fees by as much as $2,841 because of the Prime Minister’s $4. 6bn cut to Catholic schools. Why is the prime minister making parents of Catholic school children pay more while giving millionaires a tax cut in just 10 days’ time? | |
| Turnbull accuses Labor of mocking children. | |
| Not sure how we got there ... | |
| But what is interesting is the PM is still using the $18bn of additional funding over the decade – which was the original bill. | |
| The Greens and the crossbench were negotiating more money at a faster rate, some $5bn on top of the $18bn. It may be that the extra funding needs to be ticked off by the expenditure review committee. Or maybe there is something different in the compromise package. | |
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| So the questions are going back and forth on school funding. | |
| Then Christopher Pyne takes a question on the CFMEU official John Setka, which was covered earlier. | |
| Pyne contrasts Anthony Albanese’s condemnation with Shorten’s comments. | |
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| Indi MP Cathy McGowan asks Darren Chester: In 2016 the government commissioned an independent review of the Regional Development Australia program to make recommendations on the future scope, structure and delivery model of RDAs. I understand that the government received the final report after the independent reviewer, Warwick Smith, in January. Minister, RDAs have the ability to play a crucial part in the inquiry into the regional development and decentralisation, which has been undertaken by theHouse of Representatives, but to do this they need certainty about their future. Minister, can you tell the House when will the government release this report, provide certainty to the RDAs. | Indi MP Cathy McGowan asks Darren Chester: In 2016 the government commissioned an independent review of the Regional Development Australia program to make recommendations on the future scope, structure and delivery model of RDAs. I understand that the government received the final report after the independent reviewer, Warwick Smith, in January. Minister, RDAs have the ability to play a crucial part in the inquiry into the regional development and decentralisation, which has been undertaken by theHouse of Representatives, but to do this they need certainty about their future. Minister, can you tell the House when will the government release this report, provide certainty to the RDAs. |
| Chester says the minister has received the report and the government is considering its options. He does not say when it will be released. | Chester says the minister has received the report and the government is considering its options. He does not say when it will be released. |
| Chester tells her to get on board with the Coalition. | Chester tells her to get on board with the Coalition. |
| You have to pick a team. | You have to pick a team. |
| Note to Chester: McGowan is an independent. | Note to Chester: McGowan is an independent. |
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| Labor to the PM: Data released by the New South Wales government show that because of the prime minister’s $22 bn cut to schools in the electorate of Gilmore over the next two years, over $1.3 m will be cut from Nowra East public school, and over $890,000 will be cut from Sanctuary Point public school. Has the member for Gilmore made any representations at all to the prime minister about these cuts to schools in her electorate? | Labor to the PM: Data released by the New South Wales government show that because of the prime minister’s $22 bn cut to schools in the electorate of Gilmore over the next two years, over $1.3 m will be cut from Nowra East public school, and over $890,000 will be cut from Sanctuary Point public school. Has the member for Gilmore made any representations at all to the prime minister about these cuts to schools in her electorate? |
| Speaker Tony Smith rules it out of order. | Speaker Tony Smith rules it out of order. |
| I’m ruling that question out of order. I will say it is very clearly out of order, because the prime minister is not responsible for the statements of other members. Whether they have made representations or not. | I’m ruling that question out of order. I will say it is very clearly out of order, because the prime minister is not responsible for the statements of other members. Whether they have made representations or not. |
| Labor rephrases the question to end with, what would the prime minister say to the parents of the students in those schools about these cuts? | Labor rephrases the question to end with, what would the prime minister say to the parents of the students in those schools about these cuts? |
| That question is in order and the PM says all schools in the electorate of Gilmore will receive more money. | That question is in order and the PM says all schools in the electorate of Gilmore will receive more money. |
| Turnbull says parents deserve to know whether the money is there in the budget. | Turnbull says parents deserve to know whether the money is there in the budget. |
| It is committed and it’s paid for and it’s in the budget. We’ve done that. We have done the hard yards. | It is committed and it’s paid for and it’s in the budget. We’ve done that. We have done the hard yards. |
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| The latest wrap on Gonski 2.0 from Paul Karp. | The latest wrap on Gonski 2.0 from Paul Karp. |
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| Shorten to Turnbull: When will the prime minister simply withdraw this rushed legislation, go back to the drawing board, and stop $22 bn worth of cuts to schools? | Shorten to Turnbull: When will the prime minister simply withdraw this rushed legislation, go back to the drawing board, and stop $22 bn worth of cuts to schools? |
| Turnbull says the $22bn was funny money. | Turnbull says the $22bn was funny money. |
| It was never, ever paid for. And every member of the Gillard government at the time knew that. It was a parting shot. A parting shot nobody in the schools sector – Catholic, independent or public school sector – ever believed. | It was never, ever paid for. And every member of the Gillard government at the time knew that. It was a parting shot. A parting shot nobody in the schools sector – Catholic, independent or public school sector – ever believed. |
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| Plibersek to Turnbull: In the prime minister’s Closing the Gap report this year, the prime minister appears in a photo at Fregon school in the remote APY lands. Can the prime minister confirm that Fregon school will lose over $100,000 next year compared to actual funding it received in 2015? Why use these kids for a photo opportunity and then cut funding to their school? | Plibersek to Turnbull: In the prime minister’s Closing the Gap report this year, the prime minister appears in a photo at Fregon school in the remote APY lands. Can the prime minister confirm that Fregon school will lose over $100,000 next year compared to actual funding it received in 2015? Why use these kids for a photo opportunity and then cut funding to their school? |
| Turnbull says the teachers in the APY lands are doing an amazing job. | Turnbull says the teachers in the APY lands are doing an amazing job. |
| My government is providing more funding to support schools and particularly children in remote areas, Indigenous students, than ever before. | My government is providing more funding to support schools and particularly children in remote areas, Indigenous students, than ever before. |
| He commits to reporting to her later in QT. | He commits to reporting to her later in QT. |
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| Baby Alia, in time for the Gonski 2.0 debate. | |
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| Question time coming up people. | Question time coming up people. |
| In the meantime, Labor MP Pat Conroy is brandishing the parliamentary state of origin touch footy game this morning. He commends small biz minister Michael McCormack for side stepping Pauline Hanson to score a try. He also notes that he is (NOT) too modest to say that he scored a try past Barnaby Joyce. NSW beat Queensland 9-4. | In the meantime, Labor MP Pat Conroy is brandishing the parliamentary state of origin touch footy game this morning. He commends small biz minister Michael McCormack for side stepping Pauline Hanson to score a try. He also notes that he is (NOT) too modest to say that he scored a try past Barnaby Joyce. NSW beat Queensland 9-4. |
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| Lunchtime politics | Lunchtime politics |
| Paul Karp | Paul Karp |
| The Turnbull government has won widespread crossbench support for its schools package in a Senate vote after making concessions, including a purported promise that Catholic schools will not have their funding growth cut pending a review. | The Turnbull government has won widespread crossbench support for its schools package in a Senate vote after making concessions, including a purported promise that Catholic schools will not have their funding growth cut pending a review. |
| Concessions to the Nick Xenophon Team and Jacqui Lambie, as described by those senators, include the creation of a national schools resource body, delivering the package in six years not 10 with an extra $4.9bn in funding; compelling the states to increase their funding; and preserving the status quo for Catholic schools for 12 to 18 months. | Concessions to the Nick Xenophon Team and Jacqui Lambie, as described by those senators, include the creation of a national schools resource body, delivering the package in six years not 10 with an extra $4.9bn in funding; compelling the states to increase their funding; and preserving the status quo for Catholic schools for 12 to 18 months. |
| Early on Wednesday afternoon the government won a vote at the second reading stage of the bill with the support of One Nation, NXT, Lambie, Derryn Hinch and Lucy Gichuhi. | Early on Wednesday afternoon the government won a vote at the second reading stage of the bill with the support of One Nation, NXT, Lambie, Derryn Hinch and Lucy Gichuhi. |
| If those 10 crossbench senators continue to vote with the government, the bill can be passed without the Greens, who have been dealing extensively with the government but have not concluded a final position and voted against the move to bring on the second reading. | If those 10 crossbench senators continue to vote with the government, the bill can be passed without the Greens, who have been dealing extensively with the government but have not concluded a final position and voted against the move to bring on the second reading. |
| If the Senate grouping holds, education minister Simon Birmingham will have crafted a package that addresses retiring Western Australian senator Chris Back’s concerns for the Catholic sector, and avoids the added difficulty in the Coalition partyroom of being seen to deal with the Greens. | If the Senate grouping holds, education minister Simon Birmingham will have crafted a package that addresses retiring Western Australian senator Chris Back’s concerns for the Catholic sector, and avoids the added difficulty in the Coalition partyroom of being seen to deal with the Greens. |
| Chief scientist Alan Finkel has refused to buy into whether the Coalition should in invest in new coal facilities. | Chief scientist Alan Finkel has refused to buy into whether the Coalition should in invest in new coal facilities. |
| Both Anthony Albanese and Bill Shorten have distanced themselves from a CFMEU officials alleged threat involving Australian Building and Construction Commission inspectors and their families. Albanese said it was appropriate that the matter was referred to the police. | Both Anthony Albanese and Bill Shorten have distanced themselves from a CFMEU officials alleged threat involving Australian Building and Construction Commission inspectors and their families. Albanese said it was appropriate that the matter was referred to the police. |
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| Over to chief scientist Alan Finkel because there is just not enough going on in the building ... | Over to chief scientist Alan Finkel because there is just not enough going on in the building ... |
| The full speech is here. | The full speech is here. |
| Katharine Murphy asks ‘Is it a good idea for any government at this point in the economic transition, with a view to Australia’s emissions reduction agreement and the world’s emissions reductions agreements, to be contemplating building an HELE [high-efficiency low-emissions] coal plant? | Katharine Murphy asks ‘Is it a good idea for any government at this point in the economic transition, with a view to Australia’s emissions reduction agreement and the world’s emissions reductions agreements, to be contemplating building an HELE [high-efficiency low-emissions] coal plant? |
| Finkel | Finkel |
| So my personal opinion, the panel’s opinion, the review, it’s all about the long term, and what you’re trying to do with that question and the other questions is get me to pass an opinion or a judgement on a [system] | So my personal opinion, the panel’s opinion, the review, it’s all about the long term, and what you’re trying to do with that question and the other questions is get me to pass an opinion or a judgement on a [system] |
| Murph: “You’re perfectly qualified” | Murph: “You’re perfectly qualified” |
| Finkel: | Finkel: |
| for a short-term need. It’s not going to be decadal impact. I just don’t know enough about how the process will be run, what the result will be. Even whether the process will be run in the first place. It is what you have to call a hypothetical. | for a short-term need. It’s not going to be decadal impact. I just don’t know enough about how the process will be run, what the result will be. Even whether the process will be run in the first place. It is what you have to call a hypothetical. |
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