School funding
The WA electorates where private schools are fronting the fight against funding cuts
Independent Schools Australia named the two WA federal seats in a list of 17 across Australia with a significant proportion of independent school families living within their boundaries that will become focus areas for their new campaign.
- Holly Thompson
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Private schools lobby vows federal election fight over ‘class-war rhetoric’
Seventeen seats have been designated “ground zero” in a campaign to pressure major parties to shore up billions of dollars in public funding.
- Bridie Smith
Victorian public school students get nation’s least funding from government
The state’s schools received thousands of dollars less per student than those in every other state and territory, according to data that also exposes the income gap between the public and private sectors.
- Alex Crowe
‘No place for it’: Schools get millions to fix bad behaviour in classrooms
The money will flow to Queensland state schools as soon as next week, but the teachers union says it falls “well short” of what’s needed.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
- Analysis
- WA election
Is this WA’s education election? The influx of promises suggests so
Students across WA are back at school, and the state’s politicians have recognised the timing is right to push out their education election promises worth billions of dollars.
- Holly Thompson
Victorian state schools to get $2.5 billion boost as ‘tortuous’ wrangling ends
The funding deal between the state and Commonwealth ends an 18-month stand-off.
- Noel Towell and Caroline Schelle
Greens pledge $800 in ‘back to school’ money for every state school student
The crossbench party launches its election year with a cost-of-living measure that would cost $10 billion to cover all school charges.
- Olivia Ireland
Parents shell out billions as back-to-school costs increase
Rising expenses and tech demands leave families scrambling for ways to save on uniform and equipment costs ahead of the new school year.
- Rachael Ward
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- Private schools
Chop from the top: The Perth private schools getting a funding haircut
St Mary’s Anglican School, Hale School and Perth College are among many WA schools and hundreds nationwide found to have received up to 40 per cent above entitlements.
- Claire Ottaviano and Alex Crowe
The full list of ‘overfunded’ Victorian private schools facing big cash cuts
Some of the state’s top schools will have their federal government funding reduced, sparking fears of fee hikes.
- Alex Crowe
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