Exactly!

They can find $150 billion ( and you can bet that will blow out) on submarines we don't need, jet fighters that are useless ( ask the Canadians) and tanks that are useless against terrorists but they can't find $30 billion over 10 years for education!

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the submarines are essential and will help protect Australia. But what else could the $12.5 billion price tag of a submarine pay for?

$1000 cash for everyone 

$12.5 billion could fund $988 payments - akin to the Rudd government's stimulus handouts - for the 12.6 million Australians in the labour force.

 

Five cutting edge hospitals 

According to the latest figures, the new Royal Adelaide Hospital will cost $2.1 billion to construct.

 

Forgiving a quarter of all uni debt 

The total Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) debt is projected to reach $59.7 billion in 2016.

 

Reduce the budget deficit by a third 

As of December, the deficit stood at $37.4 billion.

 

Tax relief 

According to the Centre for Independent Studies, $12.5 billion could address one year of bracket creep, the process that sees inflation push wages into higher income tax brackets.

 

Complete reversal of record foreign aid cuts 

From 2014 to 2018, the government is overseeing $11 billion in cuts to foreign aid, the largest reduction in Australia's history.

 

....and finally six years of Gonski education funding