Leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Christine Milne, held a press conference in Hobart today welcoming the Prime Minister's commitment to education and calling for greater investment in the Gonski school reforms.

An abridged transcript is provided below. Please see audio below for full press conference.

The Greens will vigorously defend a vision for Australia that sees us properly and fairly support each other and provide universal public health and education against Joe Hockey's vision of a dog-eat-dog world where short term profits are more important than people and planet.

"The big question I've been asking people since becoming Leader of the Greens last week is what kind of country do we want to live in?" Australian Greens Leader, Senator Christine Milne, said.