Live chat with Peter Garrett on Gonski reforms Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Education Minister Peter Garrett embrace after the passing of the Australian Education Bill earlier this month. Thanks to everyone who joined the live chat. You can read Peter Garrett's responses here. The pressure is on the Gillard government with less than a fortnight to go until the self-imposed deadline to sign-up the states and territories to a key plank of its election-year platform - its schools funding reform package. Only NSW, South Australia and the ACT have agreed to the so-called Gonski reforms. The federal government is applying pressure on the remaining states to get onboard, releasing on Sunday projections showing every one of Victoria's 1522 state schools would receive funding increases of between 19 to 146 per cent per student over the next six years. Federal Education Minister Peter Garrett will join readers for a live chat on the Gonski reforms on Monday afternoon, between 4-5pm (AEST).