http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/funding-cut-blows-gon...

THE NSW government has flagged cutting $67 million a year in public funding from Catholic and independent schools from next year, in a provocative move on the eve of the first ministerial talks to overhaul the funding system.

The decision threatens to derail the implementation of the Gonski model for school funding, as NSW has been one of the biggest supporters of the reforms, and comes only days after Julia Gillard's education crusade speech.

Independent and Catholic school officials first learnt of the plans from NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli on Tuesday, the day after the Prime Minister's speech, and were briefed by the state Treasury and Education departments on Wednesday.

You have to wonder if the NSW LIEberals want a second term.