Labor settled the ‘funding wars’ just before the election. Here are 4 big issues schools still face

Labor settled the ‘funding wars’ just before the election. Here are 4 big issues schools still face

Now Labor has been returned for a second term, what should its priorities be for schools?

The five key moments that won Labor the election

Labor strategists say there were five critical junctures that made the difference in Anthony Albanese’s historic election victory.

Labor settled the ‘funding wars’ just before the election. Here are 4 big issues schools still face

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 new 25 per cent–75 per cent split on federal and state funding for schools. It also committed to “fully funding” public schools by 2034, according to the requirements recommended by the Gonski report in 2011. But apart from Peter Dutton’s criticism of the curriculum – …