The Federal Government's landmark $23.5 billion education funding package passed the Senate after a marathon debate extending into the early hours of Friday.
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The Gonski 2.0 plan passed with the support of Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party, the Nick Xenophon Team and crossbench Senators Derryn Hinch, Jacqui Lambie and Lucy Gichuhi 34 votes to 31.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the vote was ‘’an outstanding result for Australian schools, students and parents’’.
Education Minister Simon Birmingham said the deal would deliver about $2300 per student to schools in the next few years. The plan will see an extra $5 billion, on top of the additional $18.6 already announced, with the funding rolled out over six years instead of 10.
An independent body will be set up to monitor the way the money was spent.