The Greens say a Dutton Government would result in cuts to public schools, a wound back Department of Education, and a Minister fixated on moulding the curriculum after her own image rather than supporting disadvantaged kids.
The comments come after reports that the Coalition is planning to cut 40,000 public servant roles across education, health and other departments.
As stated by Greens spokesperson for Primary and Secondary Education, Senator Penny Allman-Payne:
"A Dutton Government would be a disaster for public education.
"If Sarah Henderson gets the keys to the Education Minister's office the first, second and third things on her to-do list will be cutting funding from public schools.
"She's seen what Trump is doing to public education in America and would love nothing more than to import that ideology into Australia. This is seriously dangerous and weird stuff.
"This is a person who is so out of touch with the community that she's more focused on interfering in the parts of the curriculum she doesn't like than actually helping disadvantaged kids.
"Dutton and Henderson have never seen a public service they haven't wanted to privatise.
"The Liberals are fundamentally opposed to public schools - they'd prefer all schools to be fee-charging private schools. They don't get that education is a right.
"I think parents want fully funded public schools in their local area, with highly skilled teachers leading classrooms. The last thing you want to see is Peter Dutton standing at the whiteboard telling your kid what they can and can't learn.
"Make no mistake, a Dutton Government would see public schools suffer.
"In seats like Brisbane and Ryan, the only thing standing in the way of a Dutton majority are local Greens MPs. We're fighting hard to keep the LNP out and to push Labor to be better."
