'The worst idea ever': Adrian Piccoli blasts Malcolm Turnbull on schools

By Matthew Knott
Updated April 5 2016 - 4:33pm, first published April 4 2016 - 6:31pm
NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli. Photo: Kate Geraghty
NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's suggestion of withdrawing from the funding of public schools would be the biggest mistake ever in education, says NSW Liberal Adrian Piccoli.
 Photo: Dominic Lorrimer
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's suggestion of withdrawing from the funding of public schools would be the biggest mistake ever in education, says NSW Liberal Adrian Piccoli. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Giving the states full responsibility for funding public schools, as proposed by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, would be the biggest mistake in the history of Australian education policy, according to NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli.

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