BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 17 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Published Yesterday at 10:45 AM

JOINT STATEMENT

Premier and Minister for Veterans

The Honourable David Crisafulli

Minister for Education and the Arts

The Honourable John-Paul Langbroek

A Fresh Start for Queensland: $44 million schools behaviour management boost

* Crisafulli Government announces $44 million funding injection for Queensland schools, delivering on key election commitment. * The funding boost will give teachers more support in the classroom after a decade of failures under the former Labor Government which included skyrocketing rates of classroom assaults. * Funding can be used to hire new teacher aides and support staff, o...