Page 2501 - Week 08 - Wednesday, 13 August 2014
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MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Hanson, on your point.
Ms Burch: On the point of order, Madam Speaker.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: On the point of order.
Ms Burch: Mr Hanson made great comment about the arrangements that were included in the Gonski arrangements. It formed, I think, the bulk of his conversational statements in the house yesterday.
Mr Hanson: And on the point of order, indeed I did, Madam Deputy Speaker, because the Gonski funding that we discussed is the money that was appropriated last year and that is embedded in this budget. Talking about Liberal policies from 2012 is irrelevant to this budget. It is not part of this debate. Dr Bourke knows that. He is just trying to make a political statement that is not relevant to the debate that we are having, which is on the estimates committee report and the appropriation bill.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you very much for all your points of order. I did listen somewhat to the debate last night towards the end of the evening where it appeared that indeed you were going to this very subject that Dr Bourke is addressing at the moment, which is the lack of funding. It seemed to me that there was the assertion by Ms Burch that this money in fact has not been forthcoming and you disputed that. I think that that is what Dr Bourke is going to now.
Mr Hanson: That is not what he has been going to. What he has been talking about is the Canberra Liberals’ policy from 2012 which is not relevant to this debate. I would ask that you call him to order. If that is what he is going to, he needs to go to that and not have a debate about something not relevant to this budget that occurred two or three years ago. It is just a misuse of the Assembly’s time if this is where he is going.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Thank you, Mr Hanson. Dr Bourke, would you just stick to the subject matter of the proposed expenditure and the effects of the federal budget in relation to the proposed expenditure if it is relevant.
DR BOURKE: Coming back to education funding, the Canberra Liberals have believed in the full Gonski after Mr Pyne gave his pre-election reassurance that you can vote Liberal or Labor and you will get exactly the same funding for your school. They fell into line with their federal colleagues.
Mr Hanson interjecting—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson!
DR BOURKE: Like the Canberra Liberals, Mr Pyne had spent the period prior to this also attacking Gonski and trying to stop state Liberal governments signing up to it. To Mr Pyne’s horror, many state Liberal governments did see the long-term fairness of the Gonski funding model, in particular New South Wales with Adrian Piccoli as education minister, but of course he is in the National Party.
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