Mr TEHAN (Wannon—Minister for Education) (14:09): I thank the shadow minister for her question, because it enables me to tell the House how we are not only providing record funding for public schools, record funding for Catholic schools and record funding for independent schools but also focusing on turning that record funding into better outcomes and better results. For too long, especially from those opposite, all we have heard about is funding, funding, funding and funding. And that comes from a party who, when in government, had 27 different funding arrangements in place. We now have needs based funding in place and we are focusing on getting better results and better outcomes. That is why next week's COAG meeting is so important. Mr Thistlethwaite and Mr Gosling interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order, the member for Kingsford Smith and the member for Solomon. Mr TEHAN: If the Leader of the Opposition would just listen for once, he might just learn something. Next week's COAG, as I said yesterday, is going to be one of the most important COAG meetings of the year. What we need to see from state and territory governments is a commitment to reform and to turn around our outcomes and results. What we need to hear from state and territory governments is a commitment to put students first and to ensure that those basics, those fundamentals, of literacy and numeracy, are at the heart of everything that we teach. If we do that, we will turn these results and these outcomes around. Mr Thistlethwaite interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Kingsford Smith is warned! Mr TEHAN: We are taking a proposal to state and territory education ministers. We want to ensure that there are progressions in place so that we can map, for every student across the nation, their progression when it comes to literacy and numeracy. This was something that was never done on that side. The SPEAKER: The member for Sydney, on a point of order? Ms Plibersek: It's on relevance. I said, 'When are the reforms that he claims he's made going to work?' It's a very clear question. When? The SPEAKER: The minister is being relevant. I'll just say to the member for Sydney, I shouldn't have to remind her of everything she asked in the question. I think the fact her point of order was much shorter than the question illustrates the point. Mr TEHAN: Next week's COAG is going to be incredibly important. Can I say to those opposite that, rather than coming in here and lecturing us about this or that, why don't you actually encourage the state and territory ministers to come to that meeting next week and be bold? Be ambitious. Put students at the heart of the agenda. Put literacy and numeracy at the heart of the agenda. Ms Plibersek interjecting — The SPEAKER: The member for Sydney is warned! Mr TEHAN: That is what we want to see. The results that we've seen overnight mean that we need to take action, and take action now. That is what the federal government wants to do next week. (Time expired) Mr Gosling interjecting— The SPEAKER: Just before I call the member for Lyne, in case they didn't hear it over their own shouting, the members for Kingsford Smith and Sydney are warned. So too is the member for Solomon. And since the member for Cooper is looking at me, I'll remind her she was already warned at about 9.33 this morning.