Tasmania signs school funding deal
The Guardian reported last week that that Tasmania has signed a new school funding agreement with the Federal Government, with the Federal government lifting its funding commitment by 2.5% to 22.5% of the schooling resource standard (SRS) and Tasmania funding the remaining 77.5%. The Australian Education Union (AEU) has dismissed the agreement as a “cloak-and-dagger […]
$85m pool at private school
The Sunday Age reported yesterday on further evidence of the over-funding of private schools. According to the article by journalist Noel Towell, “The federal education minister is demanding answers about the public funding of an exclusive Melbourne private school after The Age revealed the school was spending $85 million on a new sports complex.” The […]
