Greens senator Penny Allman-Payne has responded to the Queensland education funding deal – and she is not happy. From her release:

More public school funding is always a good thing, but this agreement leaves public schools underfunded for another decade.

Labor’s plan ensures that it will be a quarter of a century before Gonski is delivered and every Australian public school receives its bare minimum funding. That means kids currently in school are going to finish year 12 never having experienced the fully resourced education they deserve. That means not enough teachers, not enough in-class supports, inadequate facilities, and parents and teachers dipping into their own pockets to make up the shortfall.

Budgets are about priorities, and if public schools were a priority for this Government they would fully fund public schools this year.”