Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 13^th, 2012 at 8:20am:



Of course they receive more money! What would be the point of the parents paying fees if that didn't lead to more money??  Your report says so but you obviously missed it:

How do private and public schools compare in their overall resources? The latest research shows that because of their high levels of federal funding , independent private schools receive from all funding sources around $15,000 per student a year.

That compares to around $11,000 per student in public and Catholic schools.

1. Private schools do not get more money from the government than public schools.
2. Private schools have more money per pupil because of the fee income they have from the parents.


3. You suggest that there should be zero government funding for pupils whose parents pay fees for them in private schools. If so, such parent's tax bill should  also reduced. Private school fees should also be fully tax deductible and there should be no compulsory government curriculum in private schools.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on May 13^th, 2012 at 10:13am:


1) My link says they do -
2) yes more income from fees but public schools charge money too just not as much

3) Do we have to go through this again?

yes I suggest there should be no funding for private schools. Why would the parents tax bill be reduced?

Soren wrote on May 12^th, 2012 at 11:31pm:


There seems to be a fundamental problem in the way you reason this out. You are centred around the "ME" mentality. As i previously said;

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We all pay tax, that tax is paid to the benefit of the community as a whole, not individually. Taxes go to build roads, hospitals, schools, defence and some other stuff that politicians like to feel important about. These things are then available to us all and in so doing help to create a healthy, educated and secure community that is to the advantage of all. When you choose of your own free will to use, create or advantage from a service that is outside of that system then why do you expect to be paid for that. We do have exceptions in Health through Medicare where it is a service based fee but do you see the teachers agreeing to that
As for the Private health insurance rebate, i have a fundamental objection to it, as i do to the FTB bonus, bb bonus and any other handout or cash payment. You want private you pay for it, but by having it you do not absolve yourself of your responsibility to the community as a whole. That is a short road to social disaster and so typical of the "ME" generations selfish thinking, as is the current entitlement mentality that seems to think they should get a bonus payment for everything. Government is for services not to supplement your income.

There is a direct relationship between the fall in standards of building and their overall state in disrepair and the increase in government funding of private school infrastructure. Federal, State and Local government funding once mainly directed at public schools is now fragmented across many schooling types. This results in a specific lacl of ability for governments of all levels to deliever the sort of funding to public schools in the past.

All the BS about tax payers not subsidising middle-class private schools is just smoke screen.

If it is really just a matter of choice - then lets go ALL the way down that path and just divide the total amount spent on students by the number of students and give an equal amount to each child to submit to the school of their parents choice?

The reason ALL private school advocates don't agree with this fair and just method of dividing the education funding pie, is because it is just that - fair and just and that would mean private schools wouldn't be able to gouge funding allocatons through the various shady dealings and corrupt methods they use to acquire the extra funding they now do.

Dooley wrote on May 13^th, 2012 at 1:39pm:


this would mean that public shools would receive less and private schools more. I dont know what you intended with your post but you very effectively destroyed your own positino. well done!

longweekend58 wrote on May 13^th, 2012 at 4:48pm:


Oh you are a sad and pathetic individual, don't you even know an outright Liberal policy when it hits you? spose not as the liberal party don't use them either anymore, Menzies must be rolling in his grave. It is simple and basic, has been the way and worked for eons but i don't expect the ignorant extreme to understand as they would object to anything to stay to the right of common sense.