PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has warned state governments to expect no compromises at next month's Council of Australian Government Meeting (COAG), saying she is determined to come away with a deal on the Gonski education reforms.
Speaking at the community cabinet meeting in Perth, Ms Gillard said the "end game" had been reached in the debate between the federal and state governments on the proposed reforms, and she was not about to back down.
From a surprisingly welcoming audience of around 400 people, Ms Gillard was questioned on subjects as wide ranging as the Jandakot Airport to the return of the death penalty in Australia.
But it was on the debate with the states of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the Gonski reforms that Ms Gillard showed her hard edge, saying she "deeply regretted" not being able to roll out an NDIS scheme in WA later this year.
Asked about what impediments the WA Premier Colin Barnett had put in the way of the Gonski reforms, Ms Gillard renewed her attacks on state governments threatening to withdraw funding from schools.
"We are going to keep the dialogue open, but we are not going to put more money into schools only for state governments to take money out," she said.
"We are prepared to talk to get this done, but it can't be against a backdrop of states taking money out.
"We are in the end game of this now, and I am very determined to go to the COAG in April and come out with better deal for Australian children."
Asked about the lack of co-operation from Mr Barnett on the NDIS, Ms Gillard said she did not believe there was "absence of will" to support the scheme in WA.
"What we are arguing about is the governance structure - he does not want services governed remotely from Canberra and neither do I," she said.
Taking just 12 questions over 45 minutes, Ms Gillard defended her position on the live export ban, which drew protesters from both sides to greet her arrival at Thornlie Senior High School.
Flanked by ministers including Stephen Smith, Gary Gray, Kate Lundy and Mark Dreyfus, Ms Gillard fielded all but two of the questions, espousing her views on asylum seekers, the impact of a lower Newstart payment for single parents and the rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in Perth.
Communications minister Stephen Conroy confirmed the first homes to receive NBN coverage in Perth would be hooked up in June.
Ms Gillard will wrap-up her three-day tour of WA on Thursday morning.
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