So,Turnbull gives a Gonski after all
Unquestionably, this is a moment. Labor had visited a withering four-year blitzkrieg on the Coalition, pounding its dumb refusal to adopt David Gonski's model for needs-based schools funding.
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Mark Kenny
Mark Kenny is the national affairs editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House
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