Mr PYNE (Sturt—Leader of the House, Minister for Education) (14:30): I am delighted to get another question, this time from the Northern Territory, about the government's education announcements today. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Lingiari will desist! Mr PYNE: I am very surprised that the Labor Party has chosen to ignore the Minister for Education on such an important day for schools. I can tell the member for Solomon that the Northern Territory will gain $272 million from today's announcement. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Parramatta is warned! Mr PYNE: That is $272 million that will, from 2014, flow to Northern Territory schools—schools that have their own particular challenges in supporting those students that the Giles government— Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Lingiari is warned! Mr PYNE: is trying to help. It is $272 million for the Northern Territory that the former Minister for Education, now the Leader of the Opposition, ripped away in the pre-election fiscal outlook. This government is not only keeping the commitments it made before the election to have the same funding level as Labor of $1.6 billion; we have gone further. We are putting an extra $1.2 billion into school education. I can understand the embarrassment of the Labor Party—because they think education is their issue. It must really stick in their craw that it is the coalition government that is spending more money in school education over the next four years than Labor would have had they been re-elected. If Labor had been re-elected, schools would be $1.2 billion short on the funding they expected over the next four years. If Labor had been re-elected, there would be no national school funding agreement. But I have delivered a national school funding agreement. I have delivered what the Leader of the Opposition was incapable of doing. I have delivered an agreement that includes every jurisdiction—state and territory, Catholic and independent— Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Rankin is also warned! Mr PYNE: and I have delivered it with $1.2 billion more money, which means we can move on to debates about teacher quality, about curriculum, about engaging parents and about more local decision making. It is no surprise that the Premier of New South Wales said today: This measure alone— our announcement of $1.2 billion— means schools students are in a better position now than they were before the election. He said—and it is worth repeating: Mr Abbott should be commended for restoring the $1.2 billion of education funding which was deceitfully removed by the Labor government in its dying days. Deceitfully removed by whom?—by the former Minister for Education, the now Leader of the Opposition, who has remained very silent about his $1.2 billion cut. Unfortunately for him, it is now writ large for all to see.