Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Minister for Education and Training) (14:48): As I outlined in answer to the first question today, to Senator Gallacher, the coalition government has had to put extra money in compared with what we found in the budget when we came to office. I am sorry if Senator Dastyari seems to think that we should have left Queensland students out of the equation, or Northern Territory students out of the equation, or Western Australian students out of the equation, but the coalition government believed we should fund all students fairly. The coalition government believed that— Senator Jacinta Collins: And why was that, Simon? They wouldn't sign an agreement to outcomes. Senator BIRMINGHAM: Senator Collins seems to think that this is okay. That seems to be what her interjections are suggesting. Senator Collins seems to be suggesting that we should have left students in those states worse off, because those opposite never budgeted for it. Well, we wanted to make sure that they were cared for and that we did deliver the funding in those states, as we did in every other state. And so it was critically important that we took the decision not just to match dollar for dollar what was in the budget when we came to office but to put $1.2 billion extra in and, of course, commit to year-on-year funding growth thereafter. (Time expired)