Mr BRADBURY (Lindsay—Assistant Treasurer and Minister Assisting for Deregulation) (14:37): I know that the member for Parramatta cares very deeply about all of the schools in her electorate. She is right to ask the question, because the impact of these cuts will be devastating. It will be devastating and it will hit every single school in her electorate—every government school, every Catholic school and every independent school. No school will be safe from the ravages of these vicious cuts that we are seeing in New South Wales. How do we know exactly what the consequences of these sorts of cuts might be? On Friday there was a letter circulated to principals in the Parramatta diocese— Mr Tudge interjecting— The DEPUTY SPEAKER ( Ms AE Burke ): The member for Aston is warned! Mr BRADBURY: by the executive director of Catholic education, Mr Gregory Whitby, who I also had the opportunity to speak to today. In his letter, he spoke about what the impact of these cuts might be. He said that this decision will have a profound impact on costs for Catholic schooling. Fees will have to rise, and other measures like school closures and staff reduction may be necessary. So, if you want to know what the impact of these funding cuts is going to be, if you want to know about the impact of the funding cuts that a future Liberal federal government would inflict if they got the opportunity, it is about jacking up fees for parents; it is about cutting funding for schools; and, in some cases, it is even about leading to school closures.