“An important component of this bill is the $18.6 billion additional funding for Australian schools over the next 10 years,” Mr Hartsuyker said.

“I would just like to quote a few examples to the people of my electorate as to the sorts of funding increases that are going to be provided.

“In Bellingen Shire, Bellingen Public School will get an extra $3.2 million.

“St Mary's Primary will get an additional $3 million. Dorrigo High will get $2 million in extra funding.

Mr Hartsuyker also said that, while Labor’s previous education policy was “unfunded, this funding is real, committed funds which each school will receive over the next 10 years”.

“While extra funding for our schools is welcome, I am under no illusion that extra money is a silver bullet,” Mr Hartsuyker said.

“In recent years, despite increased funding, we have seen educational outcomes declining.

“That is why the government is absolutely focused on putting in place policies that are going to improve educational outcomes over and above merely increasing funding.

“We are looking at a range of areas to improve learning performance such as strengthening teaching and school leadership, developing essential knowledge and skills, improving student participation and parental engagement … and building better evidence and transparency.

“There will be initiatives to keep our best teachers in the classroom – and nothing affects the outcomes in the classroom more than the quality of the teachers we retain and the quality of the teachers we attract.

“[These] are not financial reforms but they go to the heart of improving the educational outcomes that young people will receive.”

For estimates of each school’s funding increase you can visit the Australian Government’s School Funding Estimator.