Jones slams school fund

QUEENSLAND Education Minister Kate Jones accused her federal counterpart of trying to “trick” and mislead voters about its proposed education reforms. Ms Jones said government schools across the state would be $300 million worse off over 10 years under the Gonski 2.0 changes, in contrast to the $1.43 billion surplus spruiked by federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham.

Ms Jones welcomed news that cuts to education won’t be as deep as were flagged last year, but said the reforms would still result in a decrease in funding.