The huge funding injection for Catholic and independent schools indicates just how far the Howard Government is prepared to go to isolate Labor and spend its way to a fourth term.The spending spree comes amid signs that the Government is also searching for the next big policy idea to counter Mark Latham’s strong showing in the polls.At the same time the pre-election quick-fix policy agenda has become such a pattern in the Howard administration that it is producing the impression of a panicky gov…
