The Treasury Tax Expenditure & Insights Statement shows it is a golden age of tax concessions for the rich. They benefitted $40 billion from 7 major tax concessions in 2019-20. The avarice of the rich is robbing disadvantaged schools & other public services of funding.
Sydney private schools spend millions on land for new campuses. It is a new round of the arms race in luxurious faciliteis part funded by by the taxpaher. Recurrent taxpayer funding allows more fee income to be spent on luxury faciliteis. https://t.co/Ed7JnSrntg
44 wealthy Vic private schools have raked in $300M in donations & investment income in 5 years. This income is ignored in assessing their need for govt funding. It is a major flaw in how privae schools are funded so they are massively over-funded. Read @ https://t.co/sEc6QYqLdJ
This is a powerful piece on the role of private schools in the UK with relevance to Aust. Radical change being needed to overcome elitism in education | Observer editorial https://t.co/4OrTxDfiDW
More obsenity by elite private schools. Principals at top private schools notch up pay packages of nearly $1 million supported by taxpayer funding https://t.co/IVNjNVvDs2
NT's racist schol funding system exposed. Some remote NT schools receiving funding for less than half of enrolled students under 'effective enrolment' model, data reveals https://t.co/6tme1qeijV via @ABCaustralia
Victoria is a failed education state because it has failed to fully fund public schools. Vic public schools are equal second most under-resourced system in Aust. They are funded at only 84.6% of their Schooling Resource Standard while private schools are funded at 102%
One quarter of low SES & Indigenous Year 9 students in Victoria are below reading national standards. One-third are below the writing standard.Victoria is not "The Education State".
Far from being "The Education State" claimed by the Andrew Govt, Victoria is a failed eduation state. It continues to fail on equity in school outcomes. It continues to vastly under-resource public schools. Read @ https://t.co/o2HsbT0cUQ
Cranbrook unveils $125m revamp. This arms race is fuelled by govt funding. Cranbrook got $6M in govt funding in 2020. This frees up fee income to gold plate their facilities. It is an obsenity that such schhools get govt funding https://t.co/qFfM8hXepa