Australian Education Union
Education, especially school funding, is not only a barbecue stopper; it is also a vote changer.
Just ask Mark Latham about the impact of the hit list of so-called privileged schools he championed when he was leader of the ALP.
No wonder that Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, on taking over as leaders, rejected the politics of envy and argued in favour of school choice.
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There’s nothing new in the Australian Education Union’s campaign against the Liberal Party and it’s attack on Tony Abbott. During the Howard government years (1996-2007) the AEU donated millions of dollars and ran marginal seats campaigns at every election to destroy the conservatives and to get the ALP elected.
The AEU is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions and at the 1995 national teacher unions’ conference, the then federal Minister for Employment, Education and Training, Simon Crean, was quoted as saying: “In 1993 the support of the unions was crucial to the ALP’s return to Government”.
There’s also nothing new about the union’s argument that Catholic and independent schools do not deserve funding and that only state school students deserve taxpayer support.
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Geoffrey Tobin says:
I like Peter’s voucher idea. It’s been floating around Canberra for decades, but never implemented. One concern, though: will parents accept responsibility for choosing the school? Or will the government be blamed for “wasting billions” on the voucher scheme because some parents chose badly? Read more »
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Fiona says:
So KH would you send your children to the local state school when (a) their academic results are significantly below average across pretty much every category and every tested year level and (b) the parents there that DO actually care about the quality of their child’s education are desperately trying… Read more »
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