Ellis confession embarrasses Bill Shorten

It appears everyone in the Labor Party is willing to admit $1.2 billion was cut from school funding for Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland before the election except for the Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten. Questioned today on Meet the Press, Shadow Minister for School Education, Kate Ellis confirmed the $1.2 billion was removed from the Budget, leaving three jurisdictions with no additional funding for 2014. This was an unforgivable act of sabotage on the part of Mr Shorten and Labor, but why can't Bill Shorten admit he allowed it to happen? Mr Shorten also hid the fact that both Victoria and Tasmania had not signed bilateral agreements with the Commonwealth and systemic Catholic schools had not sign up either, despite Labor's claims at the time. The Coalition has been working hard to fix Labor's mess, putting in more funding than Labor, with $230 million going to the states that have not signed up guaranteeing funding certainty for 2014. We will then be in a position to work with the states and territories over the first half of next year to bring in a new national, fair and equitable funding model for Australia, fixing the Shorten 1 December 2013