Dr KEMP (Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) (1:18 PM) —I think the fraudulent character of the claims that the member for Dobell makes would now be obvious to anybody who has listened to the debate and heard the points raised on both sides. I just want to draw attention to the fact that the member for Dobell is probably one of the experts in this House at selective quotation. Anyone listening to his last remarks will think, `Oh well, Father Doyle must be against the legislation.' Let me just read the media release from the National Catholic Education Commission on this point. Reverend Doyle, who addressed the Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee in Canberra yesterday, said:

Father Doyle also said some other things about this package, which the selective quotation from the member for Dobell might try to distract attention from. He said:

I think the listeners to this debate will draw their own conclusions about the selective quotation of the member for Dobell.

This is very fair legislation. It is transparent legislation. In its transparency it is dramatically different from what the Labor party had in place. The reason the Labor Party has been completely abandoned by every significant sector in the non-government schools is that they were fed up with the political manipulation of its highly complex, inequitable funding arrangements. The reason they are now supporting the government is because the government has put in place a fair system at long last.