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Dallas McInerney

Why GST on private schools shouldn’t be on Chalmers’ roundtable agenda

The notion of a GST on school fees has little, if anything, to do with productivity.

Productivity in the education sector is vitally important, but it cannot become an excuse for taxing school fees.

The prime minister and treasurer have put Australia’s productivity at the centre of the government’s second-term agenda. Citing a policy inheritance of falling productivity rates, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has identified the issue as “one of the biggest challenges facing our nation”.

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Dallas McInerney is chief executive of Catholic Schools NSW.

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