Australia’s school funding system is broken. Here’s how to fix it
Oct 13, 2024 · As Australian students begin the final term of 2024, governments are in the middle of a bitter standoff over public school funding for next year. The federal government has offered states and...
A landmark school funding deal to finally end the war over public ...
Mar 24, 2025 · Now, finally, after 14 years of false starts and a system that continues to over-fund private schools and under-fund public schools, his model will be implemented.
Public schools funding falls behind | Australian Education Union (AEU ...
Feb 21, 2025 · To coincide with its Annual Federal Conference in Melbourne, the Australian Education Union (AEU) is today releasing data from the ACARA 2023 School Finance dataset that highlights …
Public schools 'left behind' as funding gap widens
New data shows inequitable funding is leaving Australia’s public schools behind, underscoring the need for full bipartisan support.
Labor settled the ‘funding wars’ just before the election. Here are 4 ...
May 6, 2025 · Days before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the federal election, the Labor government settled a long-running argument with the states over school funding. This locked in a …
School funding agreement: 4 key changes you may have missed
Mar 25, 2025 · All public and state schools in Australia have signed up to a new school funding agreement, the Better and Fairer Schools Agreement, designed to create a better and fairer public …
Australia’s school funding system is broken. Here’s how to fix it
Oct 13, 2024 · The ongoing failure to fairly resource and set meaningful reforms for our schools is a symptom of a broken national funding system. Unless we address its foundational issues, Australian …