Media Release.
Opposition
leader Annastacia Palaszczuk is calling on Education Minister John-Paul
Langbroek to release details of the deal he says he has struck with the
Abbott Government.
“Last
week Mr Langbroek, who had repeatedly refused to sign-up to the Labor
Government’s Gonski reforms and the $3.8 billion investment in
Queensland schools over six years that was on offer,
declared he had secured additional funding for Queensland from Federal
Education Minister Christopher Pyne."
“But
as the school year draws to a close we have still to hear any details
of the “no strings” deal Mr Langbroek announced. And Mr Pyne will not
confirm whether a deal has been reached or release
any details,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
“He is refusing to answer questions on the matter and, suspiciously, Mr Langbroek has not issued any detailed information."
“If
it’s true that Mr Langbroek has negotiated a “no strings” deal it means
Queensland pupils will miss out on the benefits of the Better Schools
initiative; it means schools with the greatest
needs will not get the additional funding they need and would have got
had he signed up to Gonski, and it means the Newman Government will be
able to cut its contribution to school funding."
“In
other words it will be a cheap deal that will leave Queensland school
and pupils disadvantaged compared with the rest of the country."
“Under
the Gonski proposals, every Queensland school knew exactly how much
money it would receive. Under Mr Langbroek, nobody knows anything.”
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