Surveys prove that the economy and refugees are the main issues preoccupying the public’s attention, and it might appear that education, especially for faith-based, non-government schools, is not a significant election issue. Wrong. Approximately 90 per cent of Australia’s 1.1 million non-government school students attend faith-based schools, mainly Catholic, Anglican and non-denominational, and there is no doubt that such schools are under threat because of the Rudd government&rsqu…
