NSW and Victoria to push Albanese government to close public school funding gap

Education ministers say they will demand increase in federal investment to reach 100% of Gonski funding benchmark

• Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates
• Get our free news app; get our morning email briefing

A fresh battle over the underfunding of public schools is brewing, with Victoria and New South Wales vowing to push the new Albanese government to lift its contributions to close an investment shortfall.

The new federal education minister, Jason Clare, said boosting the results of Australian school students against international benchmarks and revisiting the needs-based Gonski reforms that aimed to end inequities in the distribution of public money will be among his top priorities.

Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning