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Private school funding increased twice as much as public schools’ in decade after Gonski, data shows
(www.theguardian.com)
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An(other?) example of the federal government gradually shifting the burden of both funding and service delivery onto the states.
Yep and the results are stark. All of the public schools near me look like sad run down places. With funding proportional to enrolments, theres a snowball effect where public schools get defunded as more and more parents opt to go private or indeed move out of a neighbourhood completely because they want a passable standard of facilities for their kids