John Quiggin writes in Inside Story (11.12.15) that:
‘Innovation starts with education and knowledge, and education starts in school. The Gonski funding measures, introduced late in Labor’s last term, finally provided a policy framework based on the actual needs of school students. …
‘Turnbull has to decide whether to deliver on the promise broken by his predecessor. That will cost the budget $3.8 billion in the first instance, with more to come/.’