#HNNEducation: #Australia's Education Minister defends Funding Policy of Gonski schools.

Australia's Education Minister Christopher Pyne has defended his handling of the Gonski education reforms, saying he succeeded in creating a national funding model where Labor failed.

The Federal Government has backed down on its decision to axe Labor's Gonski reforms, pledging now to fund the plan for four years.

It will honour deals struck by the previous Labor government with four states and the ACT, while also funding a $1.2 billion deal with Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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