Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says his government needs more time to consider school reforms. Source: AAP
THE Queensland government hasn't signed up to the federal government's education reforms but has left the door open.
Premier Campbell Newman says no deal has been reached yet after meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, federal Education Minister Bill Shorten and state Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek on Friday afternoon.
He says the Sunday deadline has been pushed back a few weeks so Queensland and the federal government can possibly iron out outstanding issues.
Mr Newman praised Mr Rudd for having a positive meeting with him, unlike previous prime minister Julia Gillard, he said.
"We've talked about it for a considerable period of time, I cannot give you anything other than saying it was a productive discussion," Mr Newman told reporters.
"It was again a discussion that was not afforded to us by the previous prime minister.
"I thank the prime minister for that.
"It was very productive and we now know what we have to do to try to reach an agreement."
Mr Shorten said the federal government had agreed to a request from the Queensland to extend the deadline for deal by seven to 14 days.
The minister conceded there were still significant issues to resolve, but said the government would respect a set principles during the negotiations.
These include that the federal government would make sure taxpayers' money was spent in the best possible way on education and the Queensland government was allowed autonomy in running the state's schools.
"The question is can we marry those two principles in the best interests of school children in Queensland," Mr Shorten said.
"It was a very constructive dialogue."
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