Australian parents, especially aspirational parents who believe the hype of private schools - are caught in an impossible situation. If they can’t afford the fees of private schools – who only want those who can pay, pray, or perform, they run the risk of losing – everything!
For the last fifty years DOGS have contended that privatisation means abdication of Ministerial responsibility for the expenditure of taxpayer moneys. We have little trust in our political system to keep the bastards honest. But has State Aid to private religious schools also meant the muzzling of the Office of the Auditor General?
Since the 1960s DOGS have claimed that State Aid to private religious schools was too expensive- both uneconomic and divisive.
Now, those espousing various versions of the ‘Needs’ policy are confronted by the figures. Consider the ACER research at http://research.acer.edu.au/aer/14 and http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/education-experts-say-2-billion...
ree public education has existed for more than a century in Australia, and Abbott and Pyne through their think tanks, are attempting to change this.
PUBLIC EDUCATION SHOULD BE FREE, SECULAR AND UNIVERSAL, OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN, WITH WEALTHY OR POOR PARENTS.
IF ABBOTT THROWS EDUCATION BACK TO THE STATES THE TAXING
POWER SHOULD FOLLOW IT!
AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR THE DEFENCE OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
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American Politicians Promise ‘Free” Education for the Presidential Election while Abbott and Pyne Seek to Load our Students with Debt
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SEPARATION OF RELIGION AND THE STATE
A SECULAR AND RELATED MATTERS CHRONOLOGY
Max Wallace
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DAVID GONSKI:
THE MAN THE ‘CHARITABLE MAN’, AVOIDING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN
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PUBLIC FUNDING OF CATHOLIC SCHOOLS OUTSTRIPS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN VICTORIAN ELECTORATES
DOGS received the following letter with statistical information from a recently retired Public Schools Adviser.
The latest migration of Asian students into our public education institutions should be welcomed so long as education remains ‘free’. Our public schools should remain openly accessible without fees, and without any entrance requirements. Once barriers are introduced, the essential nature of our great public systems are badly compromised.
The following is a letter to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald penned by Max Wallace which was not printed.
DOGS note that the $31 billion per year in taxation expenditures foregone because of ‘religious’ exemptions would provide Australia with public education and health systems second to none.