| By chief political correspondent Emma Griffiths   The Government has moved to quash criticism that it was breaking a promise over schools funding, announcing it will honour Labor's Gonski commitments for four years and boost spending to those states that had not signed up by $1.2 billion. The Government has been under fire over its stance on schools funding, accused of breaking an election promise made by Mr Abbott, who had said the Coalition was on a "unity ticket" with Labor on the issue. In a surprise move, it now says it has reached an "in-principle" agreement with the states that did not sign up, and will honour Labor's funding agreements "to the letter". "We now have a fair and national deal - the Government will put the $1.2 billion that Labor took out back into school funding over the next four years," Mr Abbott said. The $1.2 billion refers to additional funding Labor had offered under its schools funding model but which was not allocated because those states - led by conservative governments - had not signed up to the Gonski model. More » | 
0 comments:
Post a Comment