Education Minister Simon Birmingham has announced the National School Resourcing Board, recommended in the 2011 Gonski Review. Members with strong higher education connections are; Michael Chaney (chair) who is chancellor of UWA. Denise Bradley (deputy chair) is a former VC of the University of South Australia and chair of the review of higher education which made the compelling case for demand driven funding. Natalie Brown is from the University of Tasmania’s Peter Underwood Centre for Educational Attainment. Australian Catholic U VC Greg Craven joins the board. Stephen Lamb is a professor of research in education at Victoria University. Ken Smith, is CEO of the Australian and New Zealand School of Government and Alison Taylor is a former NSW chief demographer.