Shorten blasts school 'censorship'

Bill Shorten has accused education authorities of "censorship" for not allowing the media to film him touring a Sydney school.

The opposition leader had invited journalists to Glenwood High School, in Sydney's northwest, to discuss the federal government's "unfair" cuts to education funding.

But TV cameramen, photographers and reporters were denied access to the school and forced to wait outside for 30 minutes while the federal Labor leader finished his tour.

When he emerged from the school, Mr Shorten apologised to the media, saying the federal government "doesn't want to talk about its unfair budget".

"Stifling the media's access doesn't make a lie true," he told reporters, standing next to a green "I give a Gonski" campaign van parked outside the school.

"The lie is that this government, the Abbott government, said that they wouldn't cut education before the last election, and they have.

"No amount of media censorship by educational authorities will make this a fair budget."

Mr Shorten acknowledged the school was run by NSW education authorities and that granting media access wasn't a federal decision.

"But let's face it: the people who don't want education funding being spoken about in Australia are Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey," he said.

"They are vandalising the schools of Australia, cutting the funding."