SMH dishes up Gonski cash rehash, a week after The Oz schools nation

Oh look, it’s a Sydney Morning Herald scoop. Yesterday:

EXCLUSIVE — The hidden windfall for elite schools.

Let’s have a read, shall we? The Sydney Morning Herald, yesterday:

Federal funding for some of Sydney ’s most prestigious private schools … will soar over the next decade under the Turnbull government’s “Gonski 2.0” changes, while others will have their funding slashed.

Where have we seen this before? The Australian, May 10:

Malcolm Turnbull has staunchly defended his $18.6 billion education boost … amid concerns the plan benefits some of the ­nation’s wealthiest private schools while hurting some Catholic institutions.

The Herald’s angle on Catholic schools being upset isn’t so fresh, huh? The Sydney Morning Herald, yesterday:

The Catholic school sector argues the funding increases for high-fee schools show the federal government’s school funding formula is faulty and disadvantages their schools …

Their data isn’t new either. The Sydney Morning Herald, yesterday:

For example the King’s School in North Parramatta … will receive a total funding increase of $19.3 million funding increase over the next decade.

The Australian, May 10:

Some wealthy non-Catholic private schools will receive funding boosts, including the King’s School in Sydney, which will see its commonwealth funding increased by $19m over 10 years.

They must have used some new model nobody knows about? The Sydney Morning Herald, yesterday:

… some high-fee independent schools will receive significant funding increases because they are currently underfunded according to the Gonski formula.

Oh, they don’t. The Australian, May 10:

The government’s release of a much-vaunted online calculator yesterday failed to quell schools’ anxiety …

Why is Fairfax chief Greg Hywood not keeping an eye on this stuff? He’s been too busy preparing for a Senate grilling. Hywood testifying in Sydney, yesterday:

I thought we were here to talk about the future of journalism.

They were talking more about his massive salary. ABC News online, yesterday:

Greg Hywood has refused to answer questions about his salary at a Senate inquiry into the media …

Hywood did make a good point on the ABC. Testifying in Sydney, yesterday:

The ABC is creating additional pressure on local commercial media by aggressively competing with the same audience that commercial media rely on by providing online content for free …

He also criticised Aunty using taxpayer money to buy ads on Google and Facebook. The Australian’s report from Monday:

It means the ABC is forcing commercial news organisations to spend more money on marketing in a sector already under pressure.

Greens senator Scott Ludlam lost interest when Aunty came under scrutiny … Ludlam tweeting from the subcommittee, yesterday:

Mr Hywood is now complaining about the ABC taking traffic away from Fairfax and, to be honest, I think we’re done here.