Senator KIM CARR (Victoria—Minister for Human Services) (14:33): I thank the senator for her question and I acknowledge her longstanding expertise in education. The government is very proud of the money it has invested in schools, whether they be public, private or catholic. As I have already indicated, on our watch investment has doubled. What we are seeing now, if you look at table 2.5 in Budget Paper No. 3, is that in the next four years the government will provide an estimated $20.9 billion to state governments to support state education services in government schools. Of that, $17.8 billion will go to government schools under the national schools special-purpose payments. I specifically draw the Senate's attention to the fact that we are providing $1.5 billion to lift the performances of the most disadvantaged schools in the Commonwealth. We are investing record levels in all public schools. And this is at the moment—that is, before the Gonski response has been implemented. There are nearly 2.3 million Australian children in those schools—two-thirds of the children of this generation. Senator Brandis: Tell us about the class war and the hit list. Senator KIM CARR: Lord Brandis, you ought to know something about class war when it comes to education. The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Carr, you will refer to another senator by their correct title. Senator KIM CARR: Sure, when Senator Brandis lines up the support for Mr Abbott's cuts to public education he will recognise that 85 per cent of Indigenous children attend public schools; 83 per cent of children from remote and regional areas attend public schools; 80 per cent of students from the lowest income brackets attend public schools; and 78 per cent of students with a disability attend public schools. These are the people you are attacking when you say there is an injustice in the level of support for public education. (Time expired)