WA Education Minister Peter Collier. Source: News Limited
THE rest of Australia should thank Western Australia for standing up to the former Labor government over the Gonski education funding scheme, according to the state's education minister Peter Collier.
Today, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced a new in-principle agreement with the Northern Territory, Queensland and WA, after those three jurisdictions refused not sign up to Labor's plan before the election.
Mr Abbott's about-face came after days of political wrangling, with the federal government now agreeing to provide $2.8 billion over four years to all the states and territories.
For WA, that will mean a quantum equivalent of $590 million over six years, the final offer put before them by former PM Julia Gillard.
But Mr Collier said every state would now be better off in part because of WA's stance against the previous conditions placed on the funding, which he said would have meant handing over governance of schools to Canberra.
"We stood our ground, we did not go weak at the knees, we stood for what was right in terms of education for the rest of the nation - and the concerns we have articulated have been resolved," Mr Collier said.
"We had our detractors when we decided not to sign up, but our reasons were quite profoundly legitimate. We have (been proven right) and it is a really good day for WA.
"The rest of the nation can look at us and hopefully give us a big vote of thanks, because we have ensured that those requirements that governance and reporting requirements of schools to the federal government are going to be removed."
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