Further reports today that Schools Minister Peter Garrett is likely to shelve the Gonski Review raises many questions over what changes will end up being made and how they will…
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Is Gonski goneski?
Return to hit list as Government back pedals on Gonski
Reports today that Schools Minister Peter Garrett is back pedalling away from the $113 billion in new spending needed to implement the Gonski review reveals a duplicitous Government hiding its…
PM covered up BER failure
The Prime Minister and overseer of the Building the Education Revolution programme must apologise for her cover-up of the true size of the problem and the billions of dollars wasted,…
Fees up as uncertainty grips the school sector
With no sign of any commitment to the $113 billion in additional funding called for as part of the Gillard Government’s school funding changes, non-government schools are warning that fees…
Sit down and Shut up
The Leader of the House of Representatives, Anthony Albanese has today confirmed the Government hates questions about difficult topics such as the Member for Dobell and the carbon tax, said…
Were weapons used in SA violent crime missed by customs?
Budgetary cuts and a refocussing of customs and border protection resources to stop the influx of boats arriving due to Labor’s changes to the Coalition’s tough border protection laws may…
Pyne to Garrett: Where’s the beef?
Reminiscent of the famous comment by former US Vice President Walter Mondale to one of his rivals, the Shadow Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne today asked Schools Minister Peter Garrett:…
Show us the money Ms Gillard
When meeting with teachers, principals and parents today to discuss education funding, the Prime Minister and Schools Minister should reveal where the $113 billion in new spending needed for the…
Funding uncertainty for low-fee schools
Many small low-fee Independent and Catholic schools could be squeezed by the Gonski school model and forced to put up school fees to cover shortfalls, said Christopher Pyne, Shadow Minister…
Labor’s lip-service to autonomy exposed
The Gillard Government’s school autonomy policy has been undermined by the Queensland Education Minister, Cameron Dick, who has said independent public schools are ‘inappropriate for Queensland’. “Queensland Labor has attacked…