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Jane Caro
@janecaro.bsky.social

In Australia, we publicly fund privilege, not opportunity.

Simon Rosenberg@simonrosenberg.bsky.social

A Labor govt who won't cut $ to wealthy private schools does not inspire confidence that it will take on "the fight against socio-economic segregation between schools, growing privatisation and the marginalisation of public schools as a pillar of democracy." pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...

pearlsandirritations.comWhy are we still funding Australia’s wealthiest schools?Australia’s wealthiest private schools continue receiving public funding despite mounting budget pressures, raising questions about whether government spending on education reflects need and the broad...
Dr Emu, Graham Pringle, PhD
@emugraham.substack.com

This graph shows Commonwealth funding, and as schools are funded by states the figures could be thought to be misleading But even when state funding is brought in, the per student funding for private students is 105% and for public students under 88%, which looks pretty similar F at levels of govt

Thommo67
@thommo67.bsky.social

The graph is titled ‘Commonwealth Funding’ and my text is clearly aimed at the Albanese federal government. Not sure what could be construed as misleading 🤔

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