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NewsMail Morning Edition Tue 03 Dec, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Pyne hails 'national model' after backflip on Gonski funding Education Minister Christopher Pyne has defended his handling of the Gonski education reforms, saying he succeeded in creating a national funding model where Labor failed. The Federal Government has backed down on its decision to axe Labor's Gonski reforms, pledging now to fund the plan for four years. It will honour deals struck by the previous Labor government with four states and the ACT, while also funding a $1.2 billion deal with Queensland, WA and the NT. Mr Pyne says the Coalition has now succeeded in signing up all states and territories. "What I've managed to achieve is to get every state and territory in a national model, which Bill Shorten never achieved," he told the ABC's 7.30 program. But the Opposition wants a guarantee that no school will be worse off under the Government's plan than it would have been under Labor. 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