Duff link said:
Why don't we run a poll at Kings or Knox Grammar? That's a good indication of the real word too.
New rule.
Anyone who votes Liberal, f**k off to a Waratahs forum & be amongst your own kind. I hear there's a new Volvo coming out you might like to discuss.
And why not have a poll at Knox or Grammer - after all they are receiving huge funding, well above that given to state public schools by the labor government.Â
Julia Gillard extends private school funding arrangements to 2013
Justine Ferrari and Sid Maher From: The Australian August 04, 2010
JULIA Gillard has confirmed she will extend funding arrangements for private schools in a bid to defuse concerns - but the move has angered teachers.
The Australian Online reported this morning that the Prime Minister would today cave in to the private schools lobby by extending the current funding agreement for an extra year.
Private school sources said the decision meant their current funding levels would now be guaranteed until the end of 2013 with any new model to start from 2014.
Ms Gillard confirmed the story with a statement and at a press conference this afternoon saying she wanted to lock in funding “for the entire term of the next parliament†until 2013.
“We will lock in so schools have certainty for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013,†Ms Gillard told reporters in north Queensland.
“I want every parent who votes in this election to know what funding they will get for their local school from me as Prime Minister.
“I want that to be absolutely transparent and I want it to be absolutely transparent because I want every parent to understand what Mr Abbott's cuts will mean for their local schools: no more trades training centres, no computers in schools, no investments in better quality teaching.
“The choice wouldn't be clearer. I will be there as PM with certainty about what is happening in every school around the country, having almost doubled the amount of money going into school education and Mr Abbott will be standing there with his list of cutbacks.â€Â
Ms Gillard said the review of school funding by David Gonski that she ordered as education minister would be completed in time for the next election, due in 2013.
“Parents will get their say and all of that will be available for parents to judge before they are required to vote at the next election in 2013,†Ms Gillard said.
But the Australian Education Union said it was clear Labor had caved in to pressure from private schools.
“Labor will not have changed in almost seven years a system which they have repeatedly acknowledged is flawed and failing to deliver for all children,†union president Angelo Gavrielatos said.
Public schools, which educated two-thirds of students, were only receiving a third of federal funding.
“The private schools that get the most funding are the richest in the nation,†Mr Gavrielatos said. “It is a funding system that is biased against public schools.â€Â
The Gonski review is the first to look at government and non-government school funding since the early 1970s.
“Following the recommendations of the independent Funding Review Panel, a re-elected Gillard Labor government will put forward its proposals for future funding for consultation with schools, education systems and parents,†the Prime Minister's written statement said.
While the Labor Party has promised that no school will lose a dollar in any new funding system, it has not guaranteed the private schools will maintain funding in real terms.
Under the current system introduced by the Howard government, private schools are funded based on the socio-economic status of the students.
Half the nation's private schools are exempt and receive more money than they should under the formula.