EDUCATION: Kirby attacks state aid to non-government schools*

In his speech on receiving a public education award last week, former High Court judge Michael Kirby attacked non-government schools for being over-funded and in an interview with The Australian said: “In providing for private and religious schools, governments have stolen from public schools.”
What Kirby has ignored is that parents of non-government school students, in addition to paying school fees, also pay taxes to support state schools. If anybody can be accused of stealing…

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