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Are schools opened or closed for term two? A state-by-state update

Hannah Kingston

Apr 29, 2020

An XPT regional trains. Image: Transport NSW.

Two dead after passenger train derails

Feb 21, 2020

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Please, sir, I want more funding for public schools

Jun 19, 2019

Are Australia’s courts a bastion of educational elitism?

Kishor Napier-Raman

Nov 01, 2018

If the Jesuits want to be a "church for the poor", why are they only educating the extremely rich? <b>Marion Maddox</b>, director of Macquarie University's Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, looks into inequality in schools.

The rich paying $25k a year to learn to be good to the poor

Feb 04, 2014

<em>Crikey</em> readers have a lot to say about our list of where ministers went to school. Was it a beat-up or a useful exercise?

Pollies’ school daze: a beat-up?

Comments, corrections, clarifications and cock-ups

Dec 18, 2013

Many of Australia's "charitable organisations" are actually private schools -- and some are cashed-up. Freelance writer <b>Sasha Petrova</b> asks why state schools don't get the same tax perks.

Sweet charity as millionaire private schools grab cash

Jun 13, 2013

David Gonski must feel like the only grown-up in the room. His report goes closest to painting a picture of what the education system should look like, but politicians just want to squabble.

Political games hide hard facts of Gonski education reform

Aug 21, 2012

Nearly 40 years after a Labor government first promised that no school would be worse off, another Labor administration has done the same.

Who gives a Gonski?

Aug 20, 2012

The Gonski funding formula is sound but unlikely to ever get up - it requires too much of the states.

Why Gonski is unlikely to ever be implemented

Feb 21, 2012

<b>Crikey media wrap</b>: A landmark report into Australian education that calls for an overhaul in education funding was greeted with a lukewarm reception by the government.

Gonski: good report but too expensive?

Feb 21, 2012

Advocates of government funding for private schools may argue governments save money by subsidizing students. In reality, however, the cost to government of educating students in public or Catholic schools is roughly the same, says <b>Chris Bonnor</b>.

Rethinking the private vs public school debate

Mar 16, 2011

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