Libs’ backflip on Gonski

[IQS.RLOW]

Enjoy your 7%

[Jovial_Monk]

Hmmmm Victoria just signed up to Gonski! No wonder the Libs backflipped! Now for the Can’t!

[Rorschach]

Seems for education spending Abbott is doing Rudd at his own game... poor What Evs Kev... imagine that.

Abbott is going to match the ALP on spending.
After all he did say not very long ago he'd do just that if enough states joined in.
A man of his word... unlike Kevin.
What evs... right Kev?

[kevin457]

The public have been grossly misinformed about the Gonski funding-model whereby polls suggest in excess of 60% of voters approve of the package.

Why did Abbott change his mind?

Because this is what good politicians do when they realise a policy/funding plan has the overwhelming support of a majority of their nations people (be this misguided or otherwise) because at the end of the day, a Prime Ministers duty is to serve the people, not themselves.

http://essentialvision.com.au/opinion-o ... ndations-3


Tony Abbott has proven himself to be both flexible and a good listener, and whilst he believes there are a number of concerns with the current Gonski funding model, he's committed to giving Australians what they have essentially asked for (no pun intended re-essential) and give Gonski a "fair go".

In addition to this, Tony Abbott has announced that he would guarantee the funding model for at least four years, and if elected, make the necessary changes to the current 'Big Brother' Education Act. that permits Canberra to control all Australian schools, and he promises to deliver a no-strings-attached version of the same funding package minus the 'catch'. Because with Labor, there's always a catch, but it seems Tony has remedied this, much to sour-grapes Shortens despair,




Victoria was understood to be on the brink of signing up to the reforms, but Opposition leader Tony Abbott's surprise policy backflip has removed the incentive.

"We are ... pleased with Mr Abbott's commitment of additional education funding that is not conditional upon legislation that threatens Victorian school autonomy," said Premier Denis Napthine.

"We urge the Rudd Labor Government to follow suit so that we can achieve positive reform for Victoria's education system

Queensland, Western Australia and Northern Territory, who have resisted signing up to date, also welcomed the Coalition's commitment for extra funding "without the strings attached".

"This eliminates our concerns around extra reporting requirements for Queensland teachers and principals and ensures our schools won't drown in red tape," said Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek.

Despite previously vowing to scrap the school funding reforms unless there was national agreement, Mr Abbott pledged on Friday to match the extra $2.9 billion in funding committed by Labor over the next four years in a bid to neutralise education as an election issue.

However significantly, the extra Commonwealth money would flow to all states under an Abbott government regardless of whether they signed up to the Better Schools plan, formerly known as Gonski.

This means states and territories would not be required to contribute 35 per cent of the total increase in funding or commit to 3 per cent annual indexation.

http://www.goulburnpost.com.au/story/16 ... als/?cs=24


As Tony said, he would not support the Gonski reforms unless there was national agreement, and in light of recent polls suggesting that more want it than don't, he cleverly set about making the existing fund-model fairer for all.

A back-flip? No, a compromise yes.

Please note...

Kevin Rudd urged dropping the term “Gonski” in favour of a clearer term that better communicates the content and intent of the full schooling reform package to parents, teachers and voters. Better Schools seems his preferred name.
Conveniently, this is already the name of the government’s official website for the reforms

And not at all because David Gonski AC chairs Kevin Rudds wife's company 'Ingeus', the $175 million global job placement firm (for disabled people) that underpaid workers by shifting them onto individual common law employment contracts.

[kevin457]

Seems for education spending Abbott is doing Rudd at his own game... poor What Evs Kev... imagine that.

Abbott is going to match the ALP on spending.
After all he did say not very long ago he'd do just that if enough states joined in.
A man of his word... unlike Kevin.
What evs... right Kev?

Spot on and Billy-boy Shorten doesn't like it, not one little bit.


It seems, the Abbott has outsmarted the Faux.

[Jovial_Monk]

Gonski was changed to Smarter Schools (or whatever the title is) under Gillard.

Two big states still not signed up so it doesn’t meet Piss&Moan’s criteria. He backflipped because he panicked.