Press Releases

Good News from America in Dark Times: How a Strugging Boston School Found Success in the Roots of its Haitian American Community.
No. 1026 | 29th October 2024

DOGS CONGRATULATE THE AEU ON ITS REFUSAL TO COMPROMISE ON ALBANESE’S SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN.
No. 1025 | 21st October 2024

STATE AID TO CHURCH SCHOOLS – A CANCER ON THE BODY POLITIC
No. 1024 | 5th October 2024

The History of State Aid to Private Schools – A Contested Space
No. 1023 | 23rd September 2024

Private Schools Serving Richest Families in Australia Are Over-funded by Nearly $1 Billion
No. 1022 | 27th August 2024

Australia’s Public Education System – A Wastebasket ?
No. 1020 | 25th July 2024

THE PRIVILEGED FEW
No. 1019 | 16th July 2024

What Would Happen to Public Education in America in a 2nd Trump Presidency?
No. 1018 | 9th July 2024

The Rich are getting Richer
No. 1017 | 29th June 2024

Press Release 1016 The Federal Budget –No Joy for Public Education
No. 1016 | 27th May 2024

Where did our Politicians Go to School?
No. 1015 | 13th May 2024

Where did our Politicians Go to School?
No. 1015 | 13th May 2024

Hidden State Aid Billions: Taxation Exemptions
No. 1014 | 3rd May 2024

Can the public education system survive residualisation?
No. 1013 | 26th April 2024

PRIVATE SCHOOLS DON’T SAVE TAXPAYER DOLLARS – WHY NOT MAKE THEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
No. 1012 | 8th April 2024

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS, AND DISCRIMINATION
No. 1011 | 26th March 2024

PUBLIC EDUCATION UNDER THREAT IN THE USA – AND AUSTRALIA
No. 1010 | 10th March 2024

Over One Billion on Over-Funding Richest Families and Schools
No. 1009 | 23rd February 2024

FUNDING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS: TIMID LABOR POLITICIANS ‘DIVIDE AND RULE’
No. 1008 | 12th February 2024

HOW FREE ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
No. 1007 | 27th January 2024

LEGAL CHALLENGE TO RELIGIOUS CHARTER SCHOOLS IN THE USA
No. 1006 | 13th January 2024

POLITICIANS, OFFICIAL REPORTS AND COMMENTARIAT SEEKING A COMPROMISE IN THE STATE AID FIASCO
No. 1005 | 2nd January 2024

PISA RESULTS JUSTIFY NEED FOR FUNDING OVERHAUL OF AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION
No. 1004 | 31st December 2023

NEW RORRIS REPORT REVEALS GROSS PUBLIC FUNDING FAVOURITISM FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS
No. 1003 | 2nd December 2023

SWEDISH SCHOOLS MINISTER DECLARES ‘FREE’PRIVATE SCHOOL SYSTEM A FAILURE
No. 1002 | 17th November 2023

VICTORIA - A FAILED EDUCATION STATE BUT WHAT IS THE EDUCATION BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PREMIER AND EDUCATION MINISTER?
No. 1001 | 6th November 2023

PETER DUTTON, JACINTA PRICE AND A PRIVATE ABORIGINAL SCHOOL IN ALICE SPRINGS
No. 1000 | 30th October 2023

VICTORIA’S PUBLIC SYSTEM THE WORST RESOURCED IN AUSTRALIA WHILE WEALTHY PRIVATE SCHOOLS HIKE UP THEIR FEES
No. 999 | 21st October 2023

CRITIQUE OF CHRIS BONNER AND TOM GREENWELL’ PROPOSAL TO FULLY FUND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
No. 997 | 10th October 2023

PRIVATE SCHOOLS ACT LIKE BUSINESSES NOT CHARITIES AND SHOULD PAY THEIR SHARE OF TAX
No. 996 | 22nd September 2023

National Schools Reform Agreement doomed to fail- As all Needs Policies have foundered since 1964.
No. 995 | 11th September 2023

TEACHER UNIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORTERS NEED TO BE CONGRATULATED FOR SUCCESSFUL LOBBYING BUT ….
No. 994 | 4th September 2023

Labor Party re-inserts commitment to ‘secular’ education in National Policy
No. 993 | 22nd August 2023

TEACHER SHORTAGES AND STATE AID FUNDING
No. 992 | 21st August 2023

Oklahomans File Lawsuit to Stop State From Sponsoring Nation’s First Religious Public Charter School
No. 991 | 15th August 2023

THE AUSTRALIAN PRESS AND THE EDUCATIONAL FUNDING ISSUE
No. 990 | 28th July 2023

POLITICISATION OF TEACHER EDUCATION
No. 989 | 24th July 2023

FOR THE NATIONAL SCHOOL REFORM AGREEMENT MINISTERIAL REFERENCE GROUP
No. 988 | 13th July 2023

Australians overwhelming support separation of religion and politics, new research shows
No. 987 | 5th July 2023

THE ‘COMMON FRAMEWORK’ REQUIREMENT OF CHRIS BONNOR AND TOM GREENWELL ONLY A PARTIAL SOLUTION TO THE STATE AID PROBLEM
No. 986 | 5th July 2023

HOW SECTARIAN ELITES DETERMINE AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION FUNDING POLICY
No. 985 | 19th June 2023

LABOR POLICY PLATFORM DROPS SUPPORT FOR ‘UNIVERSAL, FREE, SECULAR’ SCHOOLING
No. 984 | 6th June 2023

PUBLIC EDUCATION SOLD SHORT BUT CHINK IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOL BONANZA
No. 983 | 5th June 2023

STATE AID TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS: PRIVATISATION OF AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION BY STEALTH
No. 982 | 29th May 2023

IT'S TIME TO FUND PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROPERLY AND FAIRLY
No. 981 | 16th May 2023

HAS ACTIVISM PAID OFF FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IN NSW? WHO IS PRU CAR?
No. 980 | 12th May 2023

‘CHOICE AND FAIRNESS, A COMMON FRAMEWORK FOR ALL AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS’- VERSION OF VOUCHER SYSTEM
No. 979 | 8th May 2023

THE OECD, DISRUPTIVE CLASSROOMS AND FUNDING
No. 978 | 27th April 2023

MATTHEW DONALD ANDREW BACH, VICTORIAN OPPOSITION SHADOW MINISTER FOR EDUCATION Who is he and what does he stand for?
No. 976 | 21st April 2023

IT’S THE TAX SYSTEM STUPID
No. 977 | 21st April 2023

IT’S THE TAX SYSTEM STUPID
No. 977 | 21st April 2023

Federal Labor’s Glacial Movement on School Funding.
No. 975 | 9th April 2023

All the NSW Minns Government Ministers are Public School Graduates – Except the Minister for Education
No. 974 | 9th April 2023

Productivity Report on National School Reform Agreement : The Art of Avoiding Real Issues
No. 973 | 24th March 2023

Teacher Shortage the Result of Bad Education Policy
No. 972 | 18th March 2023

Religious discrimination in Australian Private Schools
No. 971 | 10th March 2023

CHRIS BONNER ON RATIONALIST SOCIETY WEBINAR: HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE BUT REASONING FLAWED
No. 970 | 27th February 2023

PRIVATE SCHOOLS, AWASH WITH PUBLIC MONEY AND ENDOWMENTS, ARE POACHING PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF
No. 969 | 23rd February 2023

Are Some Christian school Apologists troubled by a Guilty Conscience? 20 January 2023
No. 968 | 20th February 2023

NSW PUBLIC EDUCATION PARTY
No. 967 | 11th February 2023

The Opus Dei Saga On ABC Four Corners
No. 966 | 3rd February 2023

Back to School 2023 - But Nothing has Changed to Alleviate Educational Inequalities
No. 965 | 26th January 2023

Australia and Elitism in Education
No. 964 | 14th January 2023

‘Potentially billions’ of dollars unreported due to religious charities’ exemption
No. 963 | 9th January 2023

Churches are Still Abusing Children – Only this time it’s in public schools by Tom Orren
No. 962 | 21st December 2022

STATE AID TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAS DEVASTATING EFFECT ON STUDENT OUTCOMES FULL STOP
No. 961 | 16th December 2022

DR RICHARD ELY EULOGY
No. 960 | 6th December 2022

PRIVATE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE CEOS WORTH MORE THAN THE PRIME MINISTER.
No. 959 | 6th December 2022

Victoria is a Failed Education State: Public School Supporters should Avoid the Major Parties in the November Election.
No. 958 | 19th November 2022

Coalition Attacks on Public School Curricula and the IPA
No. 957 | 4th November 2022

Victorian government now pays for new Private schools and maintenance of existing Schools.
No. 956 | 1st November 2022

STATE AID TO WEALTHY RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS THAT IS NEVER QUANTIFIED – BECAUSE THEY ARE CHARITIES
No. 955 | 20th October 2022

PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION INQUIRY ON THE NATIONAL SCHOOLING REFORM AGREEMENT ( NRSA)
No. 954 | 18th October 2022

The Religious School Funding Decision that Flouted the Constitution- Tom Orren
No. 953 | 30th September 2022

STATE AID USED FOR CHURCH PURPOSES A BREACH OF SECTION 116 OF THE CONSTITUTION?
No. 952 | 30th September 2022

PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OF CATHOLIC SYSTEMS 9 September 2022
No. 951 | 9th September 2022

PRIVATE SCHOOLS UNDER THREAT – PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OF RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS
No. 950 | 1st September 2022

Corporations Are Turning Public Schools Into Their Workforce Training ‘Pipelines’
No. 949 | 26th August 2022

POLITICIANS BEHAVING BADLY – REDEFINING THE MEANING OF MINISTERIAL RESPONSIBILITY
No. 948 | 19th August 2022

PRIVATE SCHOOL CLOSED AT A MOMENT’S NOTICE LEAVING STUDENTS STRANDED
No. 947 | 9th August 2022

THE DECLINE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION?
No. 946 | 27th July 2022

MR DUTTON AND ‘SCHOOLS REFORM’
No. 945 | 18th July 2022

THE CENSUS AND RELIGION: STATE AID HAS PROVED BAD FOR RELIGION.
No. 9445 | 12th July 2022

American Supreme Court Struck Down Maine’s Prohibition Against Funding Religious Schools
No. 943 | 28th June 2022

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ‘FREE’ IN PUBLIC EDUCATION?
No. 942 | 23rd June 2022

JANE CARO AND REV JOHN DICKSON: RELIGION AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
No. 941 | 19th June 2022

JASON CLARE: CAN HE WALK THE WALK AS WELL AS TALK THE TALK
No. 940 | 9th June 2022

WHO IS JASON CLARE, THE NEW FEDERAL MINISTER FOR EDUCATION?
No. 939 | 1st June 2022

WHO IS TANYA PLIBERSEK, THE SHADOW MINISTER FOR EDUCATION ?
No. 938 | 1st June 2022

Christians and the Federal Election 21 May 2022
No. 937 | 23rd May 2022

Australia’s schools are in crisis, so why isn’t education a national priority?
No. 936 | 14th May 2022

PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE HISTORY CURRICULUM, AND A KHAKI ELECTION
No. 934 | 3rd May 2022

PUBLIC SCHOOLS GO BEGGING FOR REPRESENTATION AT THE FEDERAL ELECTION
No. 933 | 25th April 2022

AS COALITION AND LABOR PARTIES AVOID THE PUBLIC EDUCATION QUESTION, WHAT HAVE THE GREENS TO OFFER?
No. 932 | 18th April 2022

THE STATE AID AUCTION- THIS ELECTION IT WILL BE THE PUBLIC SCHOOL VOTE THAT MATTERS!
No. 931 | 9th April 2022

‘WAITING FOR GONSKI’ AND SEPARATION OF RELIGION AND THE STATE
No. 930 | 4th April 2022

STUART ROBERT’S ‘DUD TEACHERS’ REMARKS
No. 929 | 24th March 2022

PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN VICTORIA FACE A FUNDING CRISIS- DO YOUR BLOCK !
No. 928 | 22nd March 2022

A BLAST FROM THE PAST 1987/88 STATE AID HITS $1 BILLION MARK 2019-2020 STATE AID HITS THE 20 BILLION DOLLAR MARK (AT LEAST)
No. 927 | 11th March 2022

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, An Advocate Of Church-State Separation
No. 926 | 8th March 2022

TIMES HAVE CHANGED: PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE THEY DO NOT SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY
No. 925 | 25th February 2022

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMES AT A PRICE
No. 924 | 18th February 2022

HAILEYBURY’S BUSINESS OPERATION FALLS FOUL OF THE LAW IN CHINA
No. 923 | 11th February 2022

ENTANGLEMENT OF RELIGION WITH STATE – AUTOMATICALLY LEADS TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST STUDENTS
No. 922 | 7th February 2022

IN TIMES OF PLAGUE PRIVATE SCHOOLS GAME THE SYSTEM
No. 921 | 24th January 2022

NAPLAN analysis shows no difference between public, private schools
No. 920 | 18th January 2022

RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL: ‘DON’T DIVIDE US’
No. 919 | 6th January 2022

PRIVATE SCHOOL FEES OR HOUSE MORTGAGE?
No. 918 | 6th January 2022

PRIVATE SCHOOL FEES OR HOUSE MORTGAGE?
No. 918 | 22nd December 2021

WHEN THANKS IS NOT ENOUGH - PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS TAKEN FORFOR GRANTED.
No. 917 | 14th December 2021

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Religious administrators want to have their cake and eat it. Perhaps the time has come to call their hypocritical bluff.
No. 916 | 8th December 2021

FEDERAL / STATE CONFLICT OVER RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL
No. 915 | 28th November 2021

RELIGIOUS MEN WANT TO HAVE THEIR CAKE AND EAT IT The Equal Opportunity (Religious Exceptions) Amendment Bill 2021
No. 914 | 23rd November 2021

STATE SCHOOLS RELIEF AND LAPTOPS FOR VULNERABLE STUDENTS
No. 913 | 16th November 2021

OUR POLITICIANS AND WHERE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL
No. 912 | 9th November 2021

TWO PROMINENT WOMEN – AND THEIR VIEW OF THE UNDERCLASS- PRU GOWARD AND CASSANDRA GOLDIE
No. 911 | 2nd November 2021

A NEW ‘FAIRER EDUCATION PARTY’ ESTABLISHED IN NSW POLITICS
No. 910 | 25th October 2021

lPRIVATE SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO RORT THE SYSTEM. ‘The Rich get Richer ….’
No. 909 | 19th October 2021

Public Schools are the Cornerstone of Democracy: Lessons from America.
No. 908 | 11th October 2021

PRIVATISATION OF EDUCATION MEETS SETBACKS IN THE UNITED STATES.
No. 907 | 5th October 2021

RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS AND THEIR RIGHT TO SACK WORKERS
No. 906 | 26th September 2021

COVID DOES NOT RESPECT PRIVATE PRIVILEGE: Melbourne school that flouted lockdown rules hit by COVID outbreak
No. 905 | 16th September 2021

HOW FREE IS PUBLIC EDUCATION IN VICTORIA?
No. 904 | 14th September 2021

SCHOOL CHAPLAINS ARE NOT SCHOOL COUNSELLORS THEY ENTANGLE CHURCH AND STATE
No. 903 | 7th September 2021

PRIVATISATION OF EDUCATION UNDER THREAT IN USA
No. 902 | 30th August 2021

VACCINATION OF CHILDREN AND TEACHRS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
No. 901 | 25th August 2021

SAVE OUR SCHOOLS: TREVOR COBBOLD ON THE HISTORY AND FATE OF THE GONSKI REPORT
No. 900 | 18th August 2021

Private Schools Create Social Problems Mega Schools are Not the Answer But Community Schools Could be
No. 899 | 10th August 2021

Public Schools Serve the Public Good – That's Why They Alone Deserve Taxpayer Support
No. 898 | 3rd August 2021

PUBLIC TEACHER VACCINATIONS IN THE PANDEMIC HOW MUCH DO WE VALUE OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS?
No. 897 | 22nd July 2021

The American Wall of Separation Between Religion and State Undermined by Trump Appointees
No. 896 | 12th July 2021

PRIVATE SCHOOLS BRAWL TO GET THEIR SNOUTS DEEPER IN THE FUNDING TROUGH
No. 895 | 29th June 2021

CAPITAL INVESTMENT PER PRIVATE STUDENTS TWO TO THREE TIMES MORE THAN THAT FOR PUBLIC STUDENTS – A NATIONAL SHAME
No. 894 | 19th June 2021

THE ECONOMIC ARGUMENT FOR STATE AID TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAS TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
No. 893 | 7th June 2021

AUSTRALIA HAS A SKILLS SHORTAGE YET TAFE IS SHORT CHANGED – AGAIN.
No. 892 | 31st May 2021

PRIVATE SCHOOLS A PROTECTED SPECIES FOR MORRISON GOVERNMENT AND ITS BUREAUCRATS.
No. 891 | 25th May 2021

LUKE BECK WEBINAR AND SCHOOL CHAPLAINCY PROGRAMS
No. 890 | 14th May 2021

MAY DAY MEMORIES: THE BURSTON STRIKE SCHOOL AND THE BATTLE FOR NORTHLAND AND RICHMOND SECONDARY COLLEGES 1 May 2021
No. 889 | 1st May 2021

ALAN TUDGE AND TEACHER TRAINING REVIEW: GOVERNMENT BY DENIABILITY NOT ACCOUNTABILITY
No. 888 | 24th April 2021

PROBLEMS FACING SUPPORTERS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE FUNDING WARS: MINISTERIAL ADVISERS AND LOBBYLAND.
No. 887 | 15th April 2021

THE ACER AND THE ART OF NEUTRAL RESEARCH 09 April 2021
No. 886 | 9th April 2021

PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS PAY APPROX $752 PER PUPIL Or $1.8. BILLION A YEAR FOR ‘FREE’ PUBLIC EDUCATION 3 April 2021
No. 885 | 3rd April 2021

SELECTIVE HEARING PROBLEM FOR FEDERAL MINISTER TUDGE : HE CLAIMS THE EDUCATION FUNDING WARS ARE OVER March 29 2021
No. 884 | 29th March 2021

THE STRANGLEHOLD OF ELITE PRIVATE SCHOOLS ON POWER IN AUSTRALIA
No. 883 | 20th March 2021

TAFE: MORRISON NEEDS TO PUT HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS !3 March 2021
No. 882 | 15th March 2021

INTEGRATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS INTO PUBLIC SECTOR : HAS NOT AND CANNOT WORK 6 MARCH 2021
No. 881 | 6th March 2021

CULTURE OF ENTITLEMENT, SEX, AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS
No. 880 | 27th February 2021

State aid for only Public, Non-Segregated Schools Is Not a ‘Think Tank Fantasy” 20 February 2021
No. 879 | 20th February 2021

STANDARDISED TESTING IS GLOBALISED BIG BUSINESS LINKED TO PRIVATISATION OF EDUCATION
No. 878 | 13th February 2021

SCHOOL CHOICE AND SEGREGATION
No. 877 | 7th February 2021

PRESS RELEASE 876 : NEO-LIBERAL POLICIES OF THE PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION PUNISH TERTIARY AND TAFE VICTIMS OF COVID
No. 876 | 31st January 2021

PRIVATE SCHOOL BUSINESS PLANS SUFFER FROM PANDEMIC WOBBLIES 23 January 2021
No. 875 | 23rd January 2021

PRIVATE SCHOOLS EXPANSION : LOCAL RESIDENTS LEFT IN LIMBO
No. 874 | 18th January 2021

STATE AID TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN AMERICA GIVEN UNDER CLOAK OF COVID GRANTS 9 Jauary 2021
No. 873 | 9th January 2021

THE VERDICT ON CONTRACTING OUT IS DAMNING
No. 872 | 27th December 2020

CENTRALISED ADMINISTRATIONS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION ARE NECESSARY FOR EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY
No. 871 | 23rd December 2020

In America Teachers, like Nurses, are Dying: ‘They will remember those who forget about their safety!’
No. 870 | 15th December 2020

ANDREWS GOVRNMENT’S LARGESSE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION IS ONLY PLAYING CATCH- UP
No. 868 | 2nd December 2020

CORPORATISATION OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION : KEEPING PRIESTS OUT OF SCHOOLS!
No. 867 | 12th November 2020

Closing Australia’s education divide will take a generation?:
No. 866 | 3rd November 2020

Wealthy private schools doing property deals while public schools go begging
No. 865 | 24th October 2020

BEWARE PROFITEERS IN ONLINE LEARNING
No. 864 | 24th October 2020

LOBBYLAND; How Private School Lobbyists Hijacked Australian Education
No. 862 | 10th October 2020

OECD REPORT EXPOSES AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION INEQUITY.
No. 861 | 5th October 2020

AS PRIVATE SCHOOLS SCREAM ABOUT LOSS OF THEIR INTERNATIONAL CASH COW PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS BRING OUR CHILDREN THROUGH THE TIME OF PLAGUE. ( 26/09/2020)
No. 860 | 27th September 2020

THE NEW PLUTOCRACY AND EDUCATION 19.09.2020
No. 859 | 22nd September 2020

AUSTRALIA : A PRIVATISATION PARADISE
No. 858 | 18th September 2020

AUSTRALIA : A PRIVATISATION PARADISE
No. 858 | 18th September 2020

The Catholic System of Education Has Always Taken from the Poor to Give to the Rich
No. 857 | 7th September 2020

KINGS SCHOOL HEADMASTER COMPLAINING ABOUT INEQUITY. Why is it the privileged and advantaged who always claim to be disadvantaged?
No. 856 | 1st September 2020

WHAT HAPPENS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN A FAILING MARKET ECONOMY? ‘History only Moves the way it is Pushed’
No. 855 | 20th August 2020

THE SIREN SONG OF INTEGRATED PRIVATE SCHOOLS : CAN PRIVATE EVER BE PUBLIC?
No. 854 | 18th August 2020

WHAT ARE CASH=STRAPPED PRIVATE SCHOOL PARENTS DOING IN TIMES OF PLAGUE?
No. 853 | 9th August 2020

IF EDUCATION IS JUST A COMMODITY IN THE MARKETPLACE WHAT ARE TEACHERS IN TIMES OF PLAGUE? USABLE AND DISPOSABLE?
No. 852 | 5th August 2020

COVID TIMES EXPOSES NEED FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND BANKRUPCY OF PRIVATE SCHOOL BUSINESSES
No. 851 | 29th July 2020

COALITION GOVERNMENT SENSITIVE ABOUT SHENANIGANS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS
No. 850 | 19th July 2020

A NEW PHASE IN THE STATE AID DEBATE: DOGS ARE NO LONGER ALONE
No. 849 | 15th July 2020

THE AMERICAN SUPREME COURT HAS JUST TURNED THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE UPSIDE DOWN
No. 848 | 8th July 2020

STATE AID AND AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL ENROLMENTS.
No. 847 | 29th June 2020

STATE AID IS BAD FOR RELIGION: PRIESTS PAID JOBKEEPER THEN ASKED TO DONATE IT BACK TO CHURCH.
No. 846 | 22nd June 2020

PUBLIC EDUCATION DAY 28 MAY 2020
No. 845 | 15th June 2020

PRIVATE SCHOOL BUSINESS PLANS IN TIME OF PLAGUE
No. 844 | 8th June 2020

INDIGENOUS CHILDREN : FORGOTTEN IN TIME OF PLAGUE
No. 843 | 2nd June 2020

THE AUSTRALIAN EGALITARIAN MYTH : IN TATTERS
No. 842 | 27th May 2020

THE DOGS HIGH COURT CASE GETS AN AIRING ON THE ABC
No. 841 | 14th May 2020

'GULLIBLE POLLIES BEING FOOLED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH' : MALCOLM TURNBULL
No. 840 | 9th May 2020

INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS FORCED TO OPEN? JUST A MINUTE: WHAT IS INDEPENDENT ABOUT THESE PRIVATE SCHOOLS?
No. 839 | 2nd May 2020

STATE SCHOOL RELIEF PRESS RELEASE COVID-19 highlighting inherent inequality in education
No. 838 | 2nd May 2020

PRIVATE SCHOOLS GOING THE WAY OF VIRGIN AIRLINES?
No. 837 | 26th April 2020

PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS IN TIMES OF PLAGUE
No. 836 | 22nd April 2020

HOME SCHOOLING IN TIMES OF PLAGUE
No. 835 | 13th April 2020

Online schooling and distance education in the times of plague? Don’t be afraid, Public Systems have been doing and improving it for 100 years
No. 834 | 8th April 2020

COVID-19 PANDEMIC EXPOSES GROSS EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIES
No. 833 | 26th March 2020

NEW ‘NEEDS’ POLICY CRITERIA YET ANOTHER SICK JOKE
No. 832 | 24th March 2020

STATE AID TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS REACHES NEW LEVELS OF EXCESS
No. 831 | 18th March 2020

THE MYTH OF EQUALITY
No. 830 | 9th March 2020

THE GLOBAL PRIVATISATION OF BASIC EDUCATION
No. 829 | 4th March 2020

FROM TREVOR COBBOLD:SAVE OUR SCHOOLS New Figures Show Huge Funding Increases for Private Schools & Cuts to Public Schools
No. 828 | 27th February 2020

DAMNED STATISTICS AND LOBBY GROUPS IN AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION
No. 828 | 17th February 2020

LIES, LIES AND DAMNED STATISTICS IN AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION
No. 827 | 10th February 2020

SPINOZA V MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WILL THE APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICE KAVANAUGH TIP THE BALANCE AGAINST SEPARATION OF RELIGION AND THE STATE IN THE US?
No. 826 | 1st February 2020

FEDERAL FUNDING RORTS: FOXES WATCHING OVER THE CHICKENS
No. 825 | 27th January 2020

THE SOPHISTRY OF THE RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL: Meg wallace
No. 824 | 18th January 2020

HE WHO PAYS THE PIPER: THE ANNEXATION OF PRIVATE - AND PUBLIC SCHOOLING TO CANBERRA’S GOALS
No. 823 | 13th January 2020

THE AMERICAN SUPREME COURT, FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION: Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue
No. 822 | 6th January 2020

STATE AID TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS LED TO A FANTASY LAND IN EDUCATIONAL AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY In a Time of Universal Deceit — Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act George Orwell 1984.
No. 821 | 20th December 2019

DOGS PREDICTIONS COME TO PASS SIXTY YEARS LATER
No. 820 | 16th December 2019

THE REAL COST OF PRIVATE EDUCATION BY THOMAS ORREN
No. 819 | 28th November 2019

HOW ANGRY KENTUCKY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS REPLACED A ‘TRUMPIAN’ GOVERNOR.
No. 818 | 25th November 2019

COALITION GOVERNMENT SHAMELESS ON INEQUITABLE FUNDING OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
No. 817 | 18th November 2019

TAXATION EXEMPTIONS AND PRIVATE SCHOOL RATES
No. 816 | 9th November 2019

MORRISON GOVERNMENT’S TAFE POLICY REACHES NEW LEVELS OF HYPOCRISY – AND STUPIDITY
No. 815 | 4th November 2019

PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE THE REAL PROBLEM : BUT WHAT IS THE SOLUTION ?
No. 814 | 29th October 2019

PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE THE REAL PROBLEM : BUT - POLITICIANS TALK AND DO NOTHING
No. 813 | 21st October 2019

RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL: PRESS CLUB DEBATE ETC.
No. 812 | 15th October 2019

RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL: A DOGS BREAKFAST THAT PLEASES NO-ONE?
No. 811 | 7th October 2019

WILL AUSTRALIA FOLLOW THE UK IF JEREMY CORBYN’S LABOR GOVERNMENT IS ELECTED?
No. 810 | 30th September 2019

PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL: HINDU COUNCIL DEMANDS PUBLICLY FUNDED RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS DO LIKWISE !
No. 809 | 22nd September 2019

ALP SELLS PUBLIC EDUCATION OUT TO RELIGIOUS INTERESTS – AGAIN
No. 808 | 14th September 2019

RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION BILL : CHURCHES SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHAT THEY WISH FOR
No. 807 | 2nd September 2019

SHEPPARTON MEGA-SCHOOL: APPLY ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES OF SCALE TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS RATHER THAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
No. 806 | 27th August 2019

MYSCHOOL :THE RESOURCE THAT KEEPS ON GIVING- EVIDENCE OF EXTRAORDINARY CAPITAL GRANTS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS
No. 805 | 19th August 2019

WALMART, MASS SHOOTINGS, GUNS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS
No. 804 | 12th August 2019

PRESENTATION COLLEGE CLOSURE
No. 803 | 6th August 2019

THE LONG TERM PRICE OF STATE AID TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS: INEQUALITY
No. 802 | 29th July 2019

THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: THE PEOPLE
No. 801 | 22nd July 2019

ESPINOZA V MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE: WILL THIS CASE BREAK THE WALL BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE IN AMERICA?
No. 799 | 15th July 2019

SELL OUT OF VICTORIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: TREVOR COBBOLD OF SAVE OUR SCHOOLS MAKES THE FRONT PAGE OF THE AGE
No. 800 | 15th July 2019

'PAYMENT BY RESULTS' AND TEACHER MORALE
No. 798 | 2nd July 2019

AUSTRALIAN PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THE CASTE SYSTEM
No. 797 | 24th June 2019

A BLAST FROM THE PAST: JOHN STUART MILL ON SECULAR EDUCATION
No. 796 | 24th June 2019

RELIGION AND THE ELECTION OF THE MORRISON GOVERNMENT Commentaries on June 4, 2019
No. 795 | 7th June 2019

STATE LABOR FOLLOWS MORRISON GOVERNMENT IN PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS
No. 794 | 3rd June 2019

TRY — FAIL. TRY AGAIN — FAIL BETTER.
No. 793 | 24th May 2019

STATE AID TO RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS AN EXPENSIVE FAILURE: WE PAY FOR THEM - MAKE THEM PUBLIC SCHOOLS
No. 792 | 20th May 2019

TAX POLICY AND SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
No. 791 | 13th May 2019

PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE FEDERAL ELECTION 18 May 2019
No. 790 | 15th April 2019

PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE MORRISON BUDGET
No. 789 | 8th April 2019

School Chaplaincy Case: A WIn at VCAT?
No. 788 | 1st April 2019

THE ANSWER TO TRIBALISM: THE NEXT GENERATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
No. 787 | 25th March 2019

George Pell, the Catholic Church and Education Funding
No. 786 | 14th March 2019

West Virginia Offers a Blueprint to Combat School Privatization
No. 785 | 9th March 2019

THE EFFECT OF SCHOOL SHOPPING ON THE LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOL
No. 784 | 2nd March 2019

OLD SECTARIAN SCHOOL NETWORKS : BRAZEN AND SHAMELESS
No. 783 | 26th February 2019

Franking credits and public education
No. 782 | 18th February 2019

THE PUBLIC SCHOOL VOTE AGAINST MORRISON
No. 781 | 11th February 2019

DOGS CASE NO. 2 ?
No. 780 | 1st February 2019

IDENTITY CRISIS FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
No. 779 | 31st January 2019

TEACHERS STRIKE IN LOS ANGELES
No. 778 | 21st January 2019

TEACHERS STRIKE IN LOS ANGELES
No. 778 | 21st January 2019

Public Schools in Private Partnership: Public Funds for Private School Ownership
No. 777 | 10th January 2019

THE RESULT OF HALF A CENTURY OF ‘NEEDS’ POLICIES: The Politics of Absurdity
No. 776 | 8th January 2019

Religious Men in Australia should be careful what they wish for: Separation of Religion and the State in Australia is officially - Gone! A Shield has Become a Sword
No. 775 | 28th December 2018

Are Private School Parents Voting with their Feet into Public Schools?
No. 774 | 17th December 2018

THE COALITION IGNORES THE PUBLIC SCHOOL VOTE AT ITS PERIL.
No. 773 | 10th December 2018

Public Education Vote and the Victorian Election Result
No. 772 | 3rd December 2018

Public Education Vote and the Victorian Election Result
No. 772 | 3rd December 2018

New South Wales Catholic Education Bureaucrat Muddies the Turbulent Funding Waters
No. 771 | 26th November 2018

AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION IN HOC TO FUNDING BASED ON RELIGION
No. 770 | 19th November 2018

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND PRIVATE PRIVILEGE TO DISCRIMINATE: WEALTHY SYDNEY ANGLICAN SCHOOLS WANT TO KEEP THEIR CAKE AND EAT IT.
No. 769 | 12th November 2018

Privatisation and the failure of neoliberalism: In Education as well as Electricity, Communications, Banks, Ports etc.
No. 768 | 27th October 2018

PRIVATE SCHOOLS CORNERING THE MARKET IN ‘NEEDFULNESS’
No. 767 | 19th October 2018

OUTRAGE AT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CHILDREN ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUALITY
No. 766 | 17th October 2018

‘FAIR FUNDING NOW’ : PUBLIC SCHOOL LOBBY FIGHTS BACK
No. 765 | 8th October 2018

What is the Future of “Free’ Education? When SCOMO loses the next Election it will be because of the State School not the Private school vote
No. 764 | 28th September 2018

The Business of Government Held up by Dan Tehan and his $4.9 billion Political Fix for Religious Schools Church Tail wagging the Australian Government Dog
No. 763 | 22nd September 2018

FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION : LETTER FROM THE RATIONALIST SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA TO PM SCOTT MORRISON
No. 762 | 17th September 2018

PUBLIC SCHOOL REACTION TO COALITION /CATHOLIC SPECIAL DEALS: STATE AID DEBATE ALIVE AND KICKING
No. 761 | 9th September 2018

Dan TEHAN: the new Federal Minister for Private Education
No. 760 | 5th September 2018

PLUS CA CHANGE
No. 759 | 12th August 2018

CATHOLIC EDUCATION ELECTIONEERING SPURS A BACKLASH
No. 758 | 6th August 2018

PRIVATISATION OF EDUCATION A DISASTROUS FAILURE IN THE UK AND THE US WHY DOES AUSTRALIA PERSIST WITH A FAILED SYSTEM ?
No. 757 | 30th July 2018

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS ARE NEVER SATISFIED THE ONLY ANSWER TO THE STATE AID PROBLEM IS TO STOP STATE AID TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
No. 756 | 16th July 2018

GONSKI 2.0 An opportunity for edu-businesses and edu-preneurs ?
No. 754 | 7th July 2018

Where do Indigenous Children go to School?
No. 755 | 5th July 2018

What and who are fueling the movement to privatize public education — and why you should care
No. 753 | 28th June 2018

WE PAY FOR THEM IS IT TIME TO TAKE OVER CATHOLIC SCHOOLS RATHER THAN LEASE THEM?
No. 752 | 16th June 2018

Press Release 751 PARENTS AND FRIENDS AT TOP PRIVATE SCHOOL: RESIGN IN FEAR OVER BEING CAUGHT OUT GAMING THE SYSTEM
No. 751 | 4th June 2018

COUNSELLORS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A RELIGIOUS MONOPOLY?
No. 750 | 28th May 2018

IT’S TIME ! FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE OVER ADMINISTRATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS
No. 749 | 21st May 2018

PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPPORTERS CANNOT SUPPORT THE COALITION BUDGET
No. 748 | 14th May 2018

Separation of Religion and the State Still matters in America : Michigan judge strikes down state aid to private schools and American United Fights Vouchers for Military families.
No. 747 | 8th May 2018

FREEDOM OF RELIGION IS PROTECTED BY SECTION 116 : READ MURPHY’S DISSENTING JUDGEMENT DOGS CASE 1981
No. 746 | 30th April 2018

Recent Funding Debates Prove DOGS Position Unassailable
No. 745 | 23rd April 2018

Lessons from Republican States in America: Privatisation of Education is for Developing, not Developed Countries
No. 744 | 16th April 2018

CHARITABLE EXEMPTIONS FIONA PATTEN’S PRIVATE MEMBER’S BILL
No. 743 | 9th April 2018

What if Goulburn’s Catholic schools were closed again?
No. 742 | 31st March 2018

Swedish governing party plans to end religious 'free' schools and ‘Provide all children with a good education regardless of their background, gender or religion.’
No. 741 | 27th March 2018

Federal Election year: Has the state aid auction ritual started already?
No. 740 | 19th March 2018

Wealthy schools building projects: Resources Arms Race ritual
No. 739 | 10th March 2018

ADMISSION THAT PRIVATISED TAFE A FAILED EXPERIMENT IN MARKET-LED EDUCATION Why not Admit the Same about Primary and Secondary Education?
No. 738 | 10th March 2018

Which Way will Gonski Jump? The Battle for Control of Education in Australia
No. 737 | 26th February 2018

Asset Wealth of Catholic Church in Australia exceeds $30 billion: Why are Taxpayers Subsidising this Parallel State?
No. 736 | 17th February 2018

Division in ranks of Catholic and Other Private School Sectors
No. 735 | 11th February 2018

Another Piece of Jargon in the Inequality Debate: 'Resilient Students'.
No. 734 | 5th February 2018

RISING SCHOOL COSTS RITUAL: Private school education to crack $500,000 barrier
No. 733 | 25th January 2018

FREEDOM OF RELIGION: ARE SOME MORE WORTHY OF FREEDOM THAN OTHERS?
No. 732 | 14th January 2018

GOOD NEWS FOR CHRISTMAS: THE JOHNSON AMENDMENT IN THE UNITED STATES HAS SURVIVED
No. 730 | 23rd December 2017

DOGS ANTI-STATE AID POSITION ENTERS THE MAINSTREAM
No. 729 | 18th December 2017

Declining PISA Results linked to Australia's "misplaced reliance" on parental choice and competition between public and private schools
No. 728 | 11th December 2017

“Catholic and independent schools reignite feud over Government funding” : Is there a Fracture in the State Aid alliance between Catholic and Protestant schools ?
No. 727 | 2nd December 2017

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: PART THREE A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT OR PART OF A BALANCING ACT IN DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION?
No. 726 | 27th November 2017

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: PART TWO A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT OR PART OF A BALANCING ACT IN DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION?
No. 725 | 20th November 2017

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: A FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT OR PART OF A BALANCING ACT IN DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION.
No. 724 | 11th November 2017

The Peoples Inquiry into Privatisation report
No. 723 | 4th November 2017

Privatisation of education: What Happens when Education ‘Trusts” Asset Strip and leave Students High and Dry?
No. 722 | 26th October 2017

GONSKI 2.0 AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW?
No. 721 | 4th October 2017

WHAT PRICE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY? SIKH BOY SIDHAK WINS CASE AGAINST CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.
No. 720 | 22nd September 2017

Betty DeVos, and her Democratic Supporters of Charter Schools Draw Fire in Georgia, USA.
No. 719 | 4th September 2017

SCOTCH COLLEGE $77 MILLION CAPITAL EXPENDTIRUE SPREE 2009-2016
No. 718 | 25th August 2017

EVEN WITH GONSKI 2.0 FUNDING AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL SPENDING NOT HIGH BY OECD STANDARDS.
No. 717 | 15th August 2017

Will the Gonksi 2.0 funding model rob Coalition of Catholic vote ?
No. 716 | 7th August 2017

Privatisation of public education In the United States
No. 715 | 31st July 2017

GONSKI 2.0 TERMS OF REFERENCE NO EXTRA MONEY ALLOWED!
No. 714 | 20th July 2017

Gonski Panel Chosen: Will Public Schools be adequately Represented?
No. 713 | 17th July 2017

The Soap Opera That Masquerades as Debate on Education Policy
No. 712 | 10th July 2017

The American Establishment Clause Compromised : Will the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Trinity Lutheran v Comer threaten to obliterate the divide between church and state in America?
No. 711 | 30th June 2017

THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT GONSKI 2.0: THE CATHOLIC SECTOR HAS LOST THE MORAL INITIATIVE WHILE THEIR POLITICAL INITIATIVE IS ALSO UNDER QUESTION
No. 710 | 25th June 2017

THE CATHOLIC SECTOR HAS LOST THE MORAL INITIATIVE WHILE THEIR POLITICAL INITIATIVE IS ALSO UNDER QUESTION
No. 710 | 25th June 2017

BIRMINGHAM RESORTS TO BLACKMAIL: Public Schools face Funding Cuts if Gonski 2.0 Blocked in Senate
No. 709 | 11th June 2017

Gonski 2.0 passes the House of Representatives : Now for Negotiations with the Catholic Sector.
No. 708 | 30th May 2017

GONSKI 2.0: Just Another Smoke and Mirrors Needs-Greeds” Policy
No. 707 | 29th May 2017

Gonski 2.0 : Widening the Gap
No. 706 | 20th May 2017

Has Birmingham Stopped the School Funding Wars?
No. 705 | 14th May 2017

Gonski 2.0 : Testing the mythical strength of the Catholic Vote
No. 704 | 4th May 2017

Trump, DeVos and Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch: Will they Demolish Wall of Separation Between Church and State in America?
No. 703 | 1st May 2017

The Tax System and Structural Educational Inequalities
No. 702 | 24th April 2017

Australian Education Ministers Pull Apart over Education Funding
No. 701 | 17th April 2017

Crunch Time for Gonski Needs Based Funding
No. 700 | 8th April 2017

Follow the Money: The $7 billion Gonski Funding is Miniscule when compared with Taxation Expenditures ( Concessions) for the Wealthy.
No. 699 | 3rd April 2017

Trump’s Budget Slashes Funding For Public Schools While Giving $1.4 Billion For Privatization: America is Catching up with Australia in the Downgrading of Public Education
No. 698 | 24th March 2017

HaileyBury College and Flagstaff Gardens: Should Private Schools Pay Tax?
No. 697 | 18th March 2017

Public Education Up for Sale Worldwide
No. 696 | 10th March 2017

School Choice and Racial Segregation: Betsy DeVos Links historically black colleges with 'school choice'
No. 695 | 6th March 2017

Public School Enrolment Increase for First Time in 40 Years
No. 694 | 27th February 2017

Privatisation of Education: An Australian Failure
No. 693 | 20th February 2017

The Catholic Church is “A Law Unto Itself” Why fund the Educational Institutions of This ‘State Within the State’?
No. 692 | 11th February 2017

Taxpayers pay for Private Schools: It now Makes Economic Sense to Make them Public Schools
No. 691 | 6th February 2017

Betsy DeVos,under Question in the US Senate
No. 690 | 30th January 2017

"Free Education and Public School Fees" : Denied by Ever-Increasing Private School Fees
No. 689 | 23rd January 2017

Sussan Ley, Sarina Russo, ‘Soft Lobbying’ and the ‘Future of the Government’s (Education) Agenda.
No. 688 | 19th January 2017

Do Some Christian Schools Place Children at Risk?
No. 687 | 8th January 2017

Auditor General's Report on VET Scheme Proves Private Provision a Corrupt Failure
No. 686 | 24th December 2016

Separation of Religion and the State Under Threat: Betsy DeVos and God's Plan for Schools
No. 685 | 19th December 2016

Tanya Plibersek Supports State Aid for Wealthy Schools: Mistake !
No. 684 | 9th December 2016

‘I am embarrassed for Australia': Education Minister Birmingham: What happened to Ministeral Responsibility for all this?
No. 683 | 2nd December 2016

BETSY De VOS: TRUMP’S EDUCATION SECRETARY: PRO-VOUCHER, PRO-CHARTER ANTI-PUBLIC EDUCATION
No. 682 | 26th November 2016

Michael Pence as Vice President: What does it Mean for Public Education?
No. 681 | 18th November 2016

DONALD TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION?
No. 680 | 15th November 2016

Schools in the Inner CIty - At Last
No. 679 | 4th November 2016

Wither Charter Schools?
No. 678 | 30th October 2016

Independent 'Gonski' Funding Body: An Effective Way to Co-opt and Silence Public School Lobbyists
No. 677 | 21st October 2016

Sweetheart Deals with the Catholic Church are Nothing New in Australian Education
No. 676 | 15th October 2016

PRIVATISATION OF PUBLIC EDUCATION : A LITANY OF FAILURES: A Talk Delivered to PIBCI ( Public Interests Before Corporate Interests) 2 October 2016
No. 675 | 7th October 2016

Birmingham Admits that Some Private Schools are Overfunded : Who said that the State Aid issue was buried by any Needs Policy?
No. 674 | 1st October 2016

Birmingham and the Corruption of Gonski
No. 673 | 27th September 2016

Meeting Public Interests before Corporate Interests:Stop Privatisation of Public Schools
No. 672 | 27th September 2016

Ken Boston of Gonski fame Mourns Loss of Needs Based Funding: But What Else did he expect?
No. 671 | 17th September 2016

The Reality and the Rhetoric Behind Educational Inequality
No. 670 | 15th September 2016

Voucher Watch :Edd Doerr from the USA: At http://www.arlinc.org/newsletters.html
No. 669 | 29th August 2016

The Report of the Inquiry into the Independent Public Schools initiative - The Failure of the “Independent Public School “
No. 668 | 27th August 2016

Public education is up for Sale - From the U.K. to Liberia, to the US and Australia, the school privatization movement gathers steam.
No. 667 | 16th August 2016

Letter from City School 4 City Kids
No. 666 | 15th August 2016

NAPLAN results indicate failure of privatisation experiment
No. 665 | 5th August 2016

Donvale Youth Detention Centre: A Lid Pulled off only One Stinking Garbage Bin
No. 664 | 30th July 2016

New Catholic School given Preference over new Public School in Ballarat, Victoria
No. 663 | 23rd July 2016

New Catholic School given Preference over new Public School in Ballarat, Victoria
No. 663 | 23rd July 2016

What does the Election result mean for Public Education ?
No. 662 | 15th July 2016

Don't Vote Greens Catholics Urged: But Does the Catholic vote count any More?
No. 661 | 28th June 2016

Worried about Privatisation of Medicare? The Lib-Labs have been Privatising Public Education by stealth for 50 Years
No. 660 | 24th June 2016

Mark Scott to Head NSW Education Department without Commitment to Public Education
No. 659 | 9th June 2016

City Schools for City Kids
No. 658 | 6th June 2016

Parent Power: Demanding Public Schools for Inner Melbourne
No. 657 | 26th May 2016

Public Schools Beware Hedge Funds and the Charter School Movement
No. 656 | 26th May 2016

THE TIPPING POINT OF STATE AID: When it costs taxpayers MORE to fund ‘Poor” Catholic schools!
No. 655 | 16th May 2016

A Tale of Two Budgets: And the winners? Private Enterprise and sectarian education – again.
No. 655 | 7th May 2016

The Victorian Education Budget: A Moveable Feast of Figures
No. 654 | 7th May 2016

SECTARIANISM IN EDUCATION : Funding withdrawn from Islamic but not Catholic schools
No. 653 | 25th April 2016

Wendy McCarthy Treasures the Opportunities Provided by Her Public School Education
No. 652 | 18th April 2016

Malcolm Turnbull wishes to only Fund Private Education so Funding of Public Education has just become a key election issue.
No. 651 | 8th April 2016

The End of Public Education: The Corporate Reform Agenda to Privatise Education: David Hursh
No. 650 | 31st March 2016

Victorian Catholic Education Commission : A Self-Regulated System Favouring High SES Schools in Funding Allocations
No. 649 | 25th March 2016

UK Chancellor Osborne turning all English Schools into Academies: Australia should reject this Privatisation Game.
No. 648 | 21st March 2016

State Auditor-General Finally Blows the Whistle on Public Funding of Private Schools
No. 647 | 13th March 2016

Paper presented to Political Group 7 March 2016
No. 646 | 11th March 2016

AEU Emphasis on Gonski Funding only a Short Term Solution For Public Education
No. 645 | 4th March 2016

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia : a Disaster for Separation of Religion and the State
No. 644 | 26th February 2016

Trevor Cobbold provides Facts and Figures: State Aid to Private Schools is Disastrous Public Policy
No. 643 | 18th February 2016

Trans-Pacific Trade Deal (TPP) and Attempts to Privatise Public Education: The Fat Lady has yet to SIng.
No. 642 | 15th February 2016

78% Want Religion out of Government : Section 116 of the Australian Constitution should be applied as it was Originally Intended
No. 641 | 8th February 2016

Privatisation of education has failed Australia: The Answer is Not Gonski but No State Aid to Sectarian schools
No. 640 | 8th February 2016

The Human Cost of TAFE Privatisation
No. 639 | 30th January 2016

Paying for Public Education: A Revenue and NOT a Spending Problem
No. 638 | 25th January 2016

Separation of Church and State Australia: Religion and the Public Square
No. 637 | 15th January 2016

Privatisation of Education has Proved Expensive, Corrupting Failure.
No. 636 | 8th January 2016

Save Public Money: Make Private Schools Public
No. 635 | 8th January 2016

Turnbull Abandons Gonski 'Needs' Policy
No. 634 | 2nd January 2016

Malcolm Turnbull: Same Vinegar in Glossy Bottle Tony Abbott’s $30 billion cut to schools locked in.
No. 633 | 18th December 2015

Political Appointments Make for Lousy Administration Public Education Needs Committed and Experienced Public Servants.
No. 632 | 18th December 2015

Ravenswood Captain, Sarah Haynes on Elite schools where ‘more value is placed on those who provide good publicity or financial benefits’
No. 631 | 11th December 2015

Ross Gittins Agrees with DOGS on Harper Review Recommendations
No. 630 | 3rd December 2015

Prime Minister's Department Peddles Lies and Educational Statistics: Why?
No. 629 | 30th November 2015

Privatisation of Public Education, IBAC, The Auditor General - and Corruption
No. 628 | 20th November 2015

The Harper Report and Privatisation of Public Education by Stealth
No. 627 | 13th November 2015

The Harper Report, the GST and Privatisation of Public Education
No. 626 | 7th November 2015

Elites, 'Povos' and the VCE Facebook Page
No. 625 | 7th November 2015

Simon Birmingham, School Vouchers and the Public Reaction
No. 624 | 30th October 2015

Fees in Public Schools undermine Free Public Education
No. 623 | 22nd October 2015

Islamic Radicalisation and Religious Proselitizing in Public Schools
No. 622 | 15th October 2015

Bill Shorten, Penalty Rates and Private Education
No. 621 | 7th October 2015

Archbishop Hart Mistakes Freedom of Religion for Freedom to Disciminate at Public Expense
No. 620 | 2nd October 2015

Social Segregation Increasing as Result of State Aid to Private Schools
No. 619 | 26th September 2015

Simon Birmingham Federal Minister for Education : Who is this?
No. 618 | 26th September 2015

Malcolm Turnbull is a Member of – and Servant of the Wealthy Corporate and Religious Sector.
No. 617 | 17th September 2015

Washington Supreme Court: Charter Schools not Common schools and cannot Receive Public Funding
No. 616 | 7th September 2015

Charter schools can never be Public or Advance the Common Good
No. 614 | 3rd September 2015

ACCESS Ministries, Christians and the Separation of Religion and the State
No. 613 | 27th August 2015

Our Public Systems Need Strong Centralised Administrations to Save them from Privatisation
No. 612 | 22nd August 2015

The Obvious Solution to Integration: All together in Well-resourced Public Education System
No. 611 | 18th August 2015

Naplan Results: Payment by Results? Rationale for Privatisation? Or Rationale for the full Gonski?
No. 610 | 6th August 2015

Is Australia Intent on Social Stratification and Downward Mobility?
No. 609 | 4th August 2015

Figures now Prove that State Aid to Private Religious Schools is Economic Stupidity
No. 608 | 28th July 2015

A Roof, An Education or Neither? Public Education the only way forward for Families
No. 607 | 20th July 2015

Accountability and Transparency: Victorian Auditor General Finally Moves on Private Religious Schools
No. 606 | 15th July 2015

State AId to Private Religious Schools is Uneconomic: It ever was, is, and shall be!
No. 605 | 6th July 2015

Free education - the Basic Right of Children - under Threat.
No. 604 | 1st July 2015

American Politicians Promise ‘Free” Education for the Presidential Election while Abbott and Pyne Seek to Load our Students with Debt
No. 603 | 23rd June 2015

A Secular Chronology starting with Magna Carta: Max Wallace
No. 602 | 18th June 2015

David Gonski: The 'Charitable' Man avoiding the ' Rights' of Children
No. 601 | 8th June 2015

Public Funding of Catholic Schools Outstrips that of Public Schools in Victorian Electorates
No. 600 | 4th June 2015

Restore the "Free" to " Free Secular and Universal" Public Education
No. 599 | 25th May 2015

Religion Costs Australia $31 billion in Taxation Expenditures
No. 598 | 18th May 2015

Victoria: The Private Education State Run by DLP Labor Government
No. 597 | 11th May 2015

Victoria: The Private Education State run by DLP Labor Government
No. 597 | 11th May 2015

Only those Dedicated in Word and Deed to Public Education Should be Employed in the Education Department
No. 596 | 4th May 2015

Funding Private Schools is a Private and Never a Public Good
No. 595 | 25th April 2015

Funding Priate Schools is a Private and Never a Public Good
No. 595 | 25th April 2015

Separation of Church and State: Is the Wall Crumbling? Edd Doerr's column‏ in America
No. 594 | 20th April 2015

University Entry for Sale: The Strange Case of SCOTS College Sydney
No. 593 | 13th April 2015

When will Christian Churches avoid Hypocrisy and Promote Open Enrolment Policy and Universality – namely Public Education ?
No. 592 | 6th April 2015

Chile Stops State Aid to Private Schools
No. 591 | 30th March 2015

State Aid Debate Alive and Well in Victoria
No. 590 | 20th March 2015

Fiji is more constitutionally democratic than NZ or, in practice Australia
No. 589 | 17th March 2015

Sectarian Schools have to be Paid Off before Public Schools get any Crumbs
No. 588 | 9th March 2015

PUBLIC EDUCATION FOR SALE
No. 587 | 2nd March 2015

What kind of Society do we want? A Market Place with Dog eat Dog or a Democratic Community
No. 586 | 20th February 2015

Privatisation: Children, but No Profit Left Behind
No. 585 | 16th February 2015

Northern Lights by Andrew Scott
No. 584 | 5th February 2015

Private School Costs Spiralling out of Control: Why have them?
No. 583 | 30th January 2015

THREE EDUCATION MINISTERS WITH PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL BACKGROUNDS : Rewards for the Public School Vote in the Victorian Election?
No. 582 | 22nd January 2015

There never was a Genuine Needs Policy with Whitlam or anyone Else
No. 581 | 12th January 2015

NEW YEAR 2015: FIFTY YEARS ON FOR THE D.O.G.S.
No. 580 | 1st January 2015

A New Year Wish for Public School Teachers
No. 579 | 29th December 2014

The Catholic Church Gets into the Victorian State Elections - and Fails to make a difference
No. 577 | 1st December 2014

How the Rich Schools get Richer
No. 576 | 22nd November 2014

How the Rich Schools get Richer
No. 576 | 22nd November 2014

PRIVATISATION OF EDUCATION : TRIED AND FOUND WANTING ONLY PUBLIC PROVISION CAN PROVIDE PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
No. 575 | 16th November 2014

Forty years pre-Gonski: how Whitlam surrendered to Catholic Church over state aid to get elected in 1972
No. 574 | 8th November 2014

Daniel Andrew's Labor Party and Victorian Education
No. 573 | 1st November 2014

Gough Whitlam's Educational Legacy
No. 572 | 25th October 2014

Middle Class Citizens Demanding Public Education
No. 571 | 18th October 2014

ASX 200 Companies Tax Avoidance: Companies SHould Pay Tax for our Public Education System, Not capture them for Profiteering.
No. 570 | 2nd October 2014

Harper Competition Review: Concept of Public Education Threatened by Competition at Any Price
No. 569 | 26th September 2014

Mr Abbott and Separation of Church and State
No. 568 | 20th September 2014

Ken Henry, Former Secretary of Treasury Says C18 Mercantilist Narrative Has Outlived its Usefulness
No. 567 | 20th September 2014

Ken Henry, Former Secretary of Treasury Says C18 Mercantilist Narrative Has Outlived its Usefulness
No. 567 | 20th September 2014

Christopher Pyne Got His Start in Politics Campaigning Against Uni Fees
No. 566 | 13th September 2014

If State Aid to Private Schools Stopped: What would happen?
No. 565 | 22nd August 2014

Private School Con Job Exposed by Academic Research
No. 564 | 16th August 2014

Separation of Church and State Petititon
No. 563 | 4th August 2014

Chile'Education Bill: An Example for Australia
No. 562 | 4th August 2014

Who is Richard Bolt, Secretary for Education, Victoria?
No. 561 | 28th July 2014

Kevin Donnelly and Corporal Punishment: Taking Public Education Bck to the Denominational System.
No. 560 | 17th July 2014

Victoria Open for Business: Public Schools for Sale (10.07.2014)
No. 559 | 10th July 2014

The Chaplaincy Case: What does it All Mean? (27.06.2014)
No. 558 | 2nd July 2014

D-Day for Public School Supporters
No. 557 | 21st June 2014

Taxation for Education
No. 556 | 16th June 2014

Big Secularism and the City of God
No. 555 | 6th June 2014

Coalition Education Agenda Perfectly Predictable
No. 554 | 6th June 2014

Where does the Constitution say the Commonwealth is Responsible for School Chaplains
No. 553 | 17th May 2014

Jennifer Buckingham’s Call For Rich Families To Pay To Attend Public Schools : A Diversion : Education For A Plutocracy And Theocracy: Not A Democracy.
No. 551 | 5th May 2014

So-Called Independent Public Schools Can Become 'Captured Schools'.
No. 550 | 28th April 2014

Tony Abbott Attacks Struggling Parents as well as Disadvantaged Children
No. 549 | 19th April 2014

Catholic Church Abuse Claims to be Paid from Interest of $6.3 Billion State Aid
No. 548 | 7th April 2014

American Church Schools Want Taxpayer Funding: WIll they be Successful?
No. 547 | 28th March 2014

Only Public Systems of Education Provide Equity: All Public Schools are Good Schools (19.03.2014)
No. 546 | 22nd March 2014

High Court Challenge to Chaplains in Public Schools Back in High Court (13.03.2014)
No. 545 | 22nd March 2014

Public Education Withers without a Committed Central Administration
No. 544 | 7th March 2014

Public Education Withers without a Committed Central Administration
No. 544 | 7th March 2014

Taking God to School: The End of Egalitarian Education
No. 543 | 1st March 2014

Taxpayers Pay Murdoch Nearly $900m. How many Schools Would that Build? (22.02.2-14
No. 542 | 21st February 2014

Why do Market Ideologues Prop up Failed Education Industries?
No. 539 | 6th February 2014

Pyne Using Curriculum to Further Entangle Religion and the State
No. 538 | 18th January 2014

Public Education in Australia; A Failed Experiment?
No. 537 | 1st January 2014

Public Education in Australia; A Failed Experiment?
No. 537 | 1st January 2014

Why Can't Schools of Wealthy Religions be Weaned off the Public Treasury Teat? ( 23.12.2013)
No. 536 | 23rd December 2013

PISA Results: Failure for Countries with Market Ideology ( 7.12.2013)
No. 535 | 6th December 2013

Pyne and the Private School Interest (28.11.2013)
No. 534 | 6th December 2013

Framing New Zealand’s funding of religious schools (8.11.2013)
No. 532 | 8th November 2013

Murdoch Claims Egalitarian Australia has Left Behind 'Stuffy' Elitism ( 31.10.2013)
No. 531 | 2nd November 2013

Victorian State Government Should Evaluate Its Own Performance before it Fails Public teachers
No. 530 | 26th October 2013

State Aid Bad for Relgion: Uniting Churches Sold Off
No. 529 | 26th October 2013

Sectarian Education: Unintended Consequences. Sharia Law?
No. 528 | 26th October 2013

Public Education: A Reality Check Backwards: Privatisation a Cruel Hoax
No. 527 | 30th September 2013

Private Schools or Global Investment Companies?
No. 526 | 20th September 2013

Fiji, Denominational Education and Separation of Church and State
No. 525 | 16th September 2013

Cardinal Pell Flexes his Political Muslces in Anticipation of an Abbott Win 5 August 2013
No. 524 | 6th September 2013

Are Churches Wealthy Enough to Pay for their Own Schools? ( 24 August 2013 )
No. 523 | 6th September 2013

Federal Election 2013: State Aid Auction: Catholic Education Clear Winner (15.08.2013)
No. 522 | 15th August 2013

Abandoned Public Schools Occupied by Muslim Schools
No. 521 | 3rd August 2013

SCHOOL AUTONOMY: DISINTEGRATION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
No. 520 | 31st July 2013

How the Religious State Operates within the Australian Secular State ( 10.07.2013)
No. 519 | 15th July 2013

Private Schools and Sweet Charity : Education a Right or a Charity?
No. 518 | 26th June 2013

Do Church Schools Really Need Government Money? (07.06.2013)
No. 517 | 7th June 2013

We All Lose When we Separate our Children at the School Gate ( 26.05.2013)
No. 515 | 28th May 2013

Choice of Public Education Education under threat in Australia ( 14.05.2013)
No. 514 | 28th May 2013

Bill Scales, Gonski and Pussy Footing Around the State AId Issue ( 29.04. 2013)
No. 513 | 1st May 2013

Tax Ruling on Use of State Aid for Church Buildings (19.04.2013)
No. 512 | 22nd April 2013

Abbott's Brave New World of Privatised Public Education
No. 511 | 12th April 2013

Trouble Down Under: The View from America
No. 510 | 5th April 2013

Public School Interest Groups Left out in the Cold in Funding Talks
No. 509 | 30th March 2013

Max Wallace on Advancing Secularism in Australia
No. 508 | 26th March 2013

Public School Parents Waking up to Loss of Public Education Choices
No. 507 | 26th March 2013

State Aid to Sectrian Schools a Bottomless Pit
No. 506 | 26th March 2013

Is User-Pays Sectarian the Way of the Future for Australia?
No. 505 | 26th March 2013

Multi-National For-Profit Corporations to Provide Public Education?
No. 504 | 26th March 2013

Public Education for Sale: Baillieu Government Imposing Private Schooling on Victorian Parents
No. 503 | 31st January 2013

Senator Doug Cameron, Discrimination, and Separation of Church and State
No. 502 | 25th January 2013

Religious Discrimination In Employment: Religion: A State Within The State
No. 501 | 22nd January 2013

Taxation Exemptions: Expenditures In Favour Of The Rich
No. 500 | 11th January 2013

Finnish Education Proves Public Education Can Be an Entitlement for All
No. 491 | 25th October 2012

Acacia College Goes to the Wall: Market Fails both Parents and Students
No. 490 | 18th October 2012