All Episodes

Do we strengthen public education or dismantle its core principles? And much more

Accounting tricks in bi-lateral funding agreements favour private schools, and much more

Independent schools own up to major flaw in the private school funding model, and much more

Victorian teachers are very very restive, budget news and much more

Australia is kidding itself about private schools- Caro, NSW independent schools enroll very few low SES students, and much more

Integration of Private into Public is not the answer to the education question, and more

Victorian budget must fix public school funding crisis, and much more

Australia's school system is driving inequality, not fixing it, and much more

Ben Carroll misrepresents Gonski report on Capital Funding, and much more

Under-funded public schools, over funded private ones- the gap grows, and much more

AEUVIC PROTEST SPECIAL

Public school teachers are fed up and will stop work on March 24th!

Public education and social cohesion, segregation of Australia's school system continues, and much more

AEU launches inquiry into public school infrastructure, Victorian public school teachers' industrial disputes, and much more

Why do Labor governments continue to short-change public education in favour of the private sector? and much more

Government funding still stacked against Public Education, and more

AEUVIC Petition on Education funding cuts, Strengthening a public good for common good, and more

NOT the "Education" State - slogan rings hollow as Victorian public schools remains underfunded, and much more

Industrial action for Victoria teachers? How public schools will start the year, and much more

The "WHY NOT NOW?" campaign, and much more

SPECIAL - New WHY NOT NOW? Campaign, and much more

Public Education Foundation Scholarships, AEUVIC notice of regional meetings and much more

The state of public education is a growing concern- so much for the "EDUCATION STATE" and much more

Revisiting the Protest demanding FULL FUNDING NOW

Special on the Public Meeting in Glenroy

Increasing bureaucracy swallows more public school funding, and much more

OECD survey shows Australia's teachers have a very heavy workload, and more

Upcoming Public Meeting to pressure the Vic Gov to commit to fully fund public schools, and more

Funding Protest Special

New report ignites School Funding Fairness debate, Diabolical- why Australia's teacher shortages are among the worst in the world, and much more

Cobbold vindicated, students systematically denied access to inclusive education and much more

Allan government's classroom device plans "laughable" while public schools are the lowest funded, Australia has among the highest teacher shortages in the OECD, and much more

Government still considering recommendations regarding charities, SA public schools remain underfunded, and much more

QLD public schools remain underfunded despite funding boost, Will teachers save our democracy? and more

New Schools Agreement shows public schools will remain underfunded in 2034, far-right figures teaching at a Sydney college and much more

The segregation crisis in school funding, Australians fed up with inequity in schools, and much more

The role of public schools in the current political climate, potential for social progress undermined by attacks on universities, and much more

USA's first religious "public" school, state school funding still falling short, and much more

New NAPLAN results demand immediate funding increases in public schools, Victorian school staff protest $2.4B funding cuts to public schools, and much more

Backing for secular well-being officers on WA schools, Victorian early educators start industrial action and much more

Something is rotten in Australia's tertiary education, hundreds of humanities courses to be slashed, and much more

Productivity Commission's suggestions miss the mark, Creating an equal education system and much more

The importance of separation of Religion from the State in Public Education, and much more

Religious schools in Australia, Principals push for reform, AI and much more

The plight of religious liberty in the US and much more

NSWTF Conference, AI, Education research and much more

How to disappear a problem- the school system has spent 50 years NOT fixing one of its central flaws and much more

Global solidarity with US educators, thousands of Australian students to receive pay for practical placements and much more

Where did our pollies go to school and where do they send their kids?

50 richest Vic private schools, fury over Allen government's cuts to public schools and much more

Further confirmation of funding denied to Victorian public schools by the Allan and much more

DOGS Annual Radiothon, private school, with $85M pool centre, gets all-clear for 3 times the federal funding of comparable schools, and much more

Victorian Greens push for inquiry and urgent action to reverse $2.4B funding cut and much more

USSC and religious charter schools, the separation of church and state debate and much more

The 4 big issues schools still face post-election, culture 'wars' awaiting Albanese when parliament resumes, and much more

Jason Clare and the Education portfolio, $4B sliced from Public school funding in Vic, and much more

Election win for Public Education, win for TAFE, private school fees increase and more

No substitute for TAFE - AEU and NSWTF comment on Coalition plans, teachers starve while serving others and much more

School funding agreements fail to guarantee full and fair funding for public schools, plus much more

DOGS commend Murat Dizdar's defending public education and questioning the private sector, plus much more

Billions of tax dollars later and religious schools rolling in resource advantages, yet still crying poor. and much more

Charitable tax exemptions and resource advantages of private sector schools make a mockery of public school funding conditions and much more

Trump push for school vouchers, GG Sam Mostyn a vocal advocate for public education and much more

Entrenching resource advantage for Private schools, funding is a decade overdue but will take a decade to fully arrive and much more

Research shows money matters in education, historic funding agreement reached and then compromised and much more

DOGS Special International Women's Day Program

Public school funding falls behind, losing billions as stand-off continues and much more

ROGS 2025 - Government funding for private schools outpaces public schools, public policy failure and much more

Should public schools be pathetically grateful for anything they get? Funding delayed is funding denied! and much more

Public schools bear the greatest burden of disadvantage, navigating ED-TECH and much more

Finally a win for the public school lobby, Greens unveil $10B plan for FREE public education and much more

Academics dancing around the "state aid" issue while private schools cry poor. and much more

Winners and losers in Australian education, over-funded Vic private schools facing cash cuts? and more

In defence of public education, no presents for state schools and much more

Private religious schools depleting the public treasury by billions, changing the anti-teacher narrative and much more

Labor faces backlash over school funding promise, NAPLAN results and much more

Labor and Coalition sell out public education AGAIN and much more

ACT wins extra schoolfunding, AEU welcomes continuing fee-free TAFE and much more

A Band-aid - Debt relief fails to address inequitable pricing of degrees and much more

Submission to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee on School Funding Bill and much more

Education is a right - it should not have to depend on charity and much more

Some good news from the US in dark times, Jason Clare's Dead Parrot and much more

Labor's amendment to education bill will not ensure full funding, how to fix a broken school funding system and much more

DOGS congratulate AEU on refusal to compromise on Albanese's school funding plan, and much more

It's Pay School! Privileges Alchemy, Getting schooling wrong and much more

State Aid to Church Schools - A Cancer in the Body Politic and much more

Public schools could lose nearly $30 billion if stand off continues, why the new plan for fairer schools will fail and much more

The history of state aid to private schools - a contested space, Vic rejects funding offer and much more

Fairer schools in a sea of inequity, private schools serving the wealthiest families overfunded by $1 billion and much more

Final part of "Australia's Public Education System - A Wastebasket?" and much more

Part 5 of "Australia's Public Education System- A Wastebasket?" and much more

Part 4 of 'Australia's Public Education System - A Wastebasket?' and much more

NAPLAN results reveal 1 in 3 students are not meeting basic literacy and numeracy expectations and much more

Part 3 of "Australia' Public Education System - A Wastebasket?" and much more

Part 2 of "Australia's public education system - A Wastebasket?" and much more

Part 1 of "Australia's Public Education System - A Wastebasket?" and much more

The privileged few - current funding of educational institutions contributing to a class-ridden society and much more

Private schools serving the richest families, class warfare and much more

A look at Germany's education system, Independent schools rorting NAPLAN and much more

Needs policies are broken, private schools serving the richest families are over-funded by millions and much more

Full funding to give every child a brighter future, naked capitalism - for profit charter school grifting and much more

Champions of public education, lack of resources for disabled students affecting education outcomes, Cranbrook toxicity and more

Education in Finland, no skills without TAFE and much more

The state of school funding in Australia, urgent need for FULL funding, MINUS the accounting tricks! and much more

The Federal budget holds no joy for public education, don't get angry - get furious!

Education resource gap in Australia among the highest in the OECD, student placement payments and much more

Where did our politicians go to school? Ways to make Australian education more inclusive and much more

Eulogy for Roydon 'Roy' Irvine - driving force and principal founder of Brinsley Road Community School and much more

Can the public education system survive residualisation? Slashing of funding in NSW, stakes too high for complacency and much more

Part 2 of our special talk with Senator Penny Allman-Payne, National School Resourcing Board review and much more

Part 1 of our special talk with Senator Penny Allman-Payne about the Greens education policy and much more

Private schools don't save tax payer dollars- so why not make them public schools? Ending the capital funding divide and much more

Religious liberty, religious schools and discrimination. Government funding increases still favour private schools and much more

Australia's Education system - OOPS! and much more

Public education under threat in the US and Australia, integrity of SRS subverted and much more

Fallout from Cranbrook's toxic culture, 2 class system is a great way to entrench disadvantage and much more

Education minister must renounce accounting tricks and fully fund public schools. And much more

Over $1 BILLION in overfunding the richest families and schools, teachers, principals and parents unite in funding push and much more

Simple idea : Fully fund public schools! School funding back in the news and much more

Timid Labor politicians divide and rule, a battle brewing over public school funding and much more

Disappointing lack of progress from Federal government, accounting tricks shortchanging public schools BILLIONS and much more

How free are public schools? Charities and community groups help parents and much more

Opposition to religious charter schools in US, Productivity commission should recommend ending tax deductibility for private school donations and much more

Politicians, official reports and commentariat seeking compromise in the state aid fiasco and much more

A chat about respective state school experiences, more public school NAPLAN wins and neurodiversity

Public schools out-performing their private school counterparts in NAPLAN, new Primary schools to open in 2024 and more

PISA results justify need for funding overhaul of Australian Education, ATAR, VCE and more

Report shows public funding heavily favours private primary schools, Australia's most disadvantaged students up to 5 years behind their wealthy peers and much more

Report shows gross public funding favouritism for PRIVATE schools and much more

"Free" private school system in Sweden declared a failure, Power and violence in Private schools (-CONTENT WARNING-) and much more

Identity politics destroying public schools, W.A. Teachers Union calls to scrap NAPLAN and for more regulation of independent schools, Christian home-schooling and much more

Victoria's new Premier and Education minister's educational background, private school funding model irrational, fee-free TAFE and much more

Private boarding school in Alice Springs raises questions, attempt to tighten rules around private schools accessing the Coalition's slush fund for private schools and much more

Victoria's public school among the most under-resourced, wealthy private schools hike up fees, TAFE and much more

Critique of Bonner and Greenwell's proposal to fully fund private schools, NSW governments commits to a pay-rise for teachers and much more

New Schools Agreement must embrace key principles for school funding including fully funding of public schools by 2028, private school sues families for fees and much more

Fully funding private schools in Australia is NO SOLUTION to equity in education, NSRA consultation paper and much more

Top private schools' exorbitant enrolment fees, OECD report highlights unmet needs in Australian public education and much more

Historical boost to teachers pay in NSW, on closing the divide between urban and rural student outcomes in Australia, RBG and much more

NSRA doomed to fail, as all "needs" policies have, more secure jobs and better pay and much more

Teachers Unions and Pubic school supporters need to be congratulated for successful lobbying BUT... and much more

Labor reinserts the commitment to 'secular' education in national policy, a better fairer school system and much more

Teacher shortages and the state aid issue, school autonomy and social justice in education and much more

Lawsuit attempts to stop the USA's first religious public charter school, call for equity, bush classrooms and much more

The Gonski dream - restoring trust in public education, state schools suffer while elites thrive on your taxes, attracting teachers and much more.

Australian press and the education funding issue, Class warfare, Accountability and much more

The politicisation of teacher education, how competition is ruining Australian education and much more

The DOGS submission to the current NSRA inquiry - a history of education funding in Australia, and much more

Entanglement of religion and state in Australia, another NSRA inquiry, hellfire in public schools and much more

Bonnor and Greenwell's "Common Framework" only a partial solution, good story/ bad theory , damning evidence of massive private school overfunding and much more

What's going on with rural students, types of schools matter, elite universities favouring the privileged and much more

RADIOTHON SHOW! Includes full program re: the sectarian elites controlling Aus. education funding policy, under-funded public schools suffering and much more

Labor drops the word 'secular' from the education section in the new draft on policy platform, Private schools cry poor at payroll tax proposal, Victoria waters down proposed payroll tax on high-fee private schools and much more

Victorian budget and the payroll tax for high-fee private schools, Public Education day and much more

Privatisation of Australian education by stealth, rural classroom closures, pandemic silver linings and much more

"Every School, Every Child" press release, Central Australian schools to get record funding boost and much more

Who are the new NSW education figures? Loans, debt and predation on students and much more

"Choice and Fairness"- copying the US voucher system and its undermining of public education in Australia and much more

AEU rejects OECD contention that discipline is a problem in Australian classrooms and much more

The tax system and entrenching inequity, What happened to the fair go in Australia? and much more

Vic Shadow Education Minister Bach's ideas on educational needs and much more

A look at the NSW Minns Government- ALL NSW Ministers are public school alumni EXCEPT for the education minister! plus much more

The problems with the productivity commission, 50 of Australia's wealthiest private schools rake in millions and much more

Teacher shortages the result of bad policy, obscenely wealthy WA private schools, culture wars and much more

Religious discrimination legalities in private schools, obscenely wealthy QLD private schools, student/teacher ratios in public schools and much more

Cost of unfair funding is huge to society at large, roadblocks to fair funding, and much more

Private schools poaching public school teachers and raking in millions of taxpayer dollars, plus much more

Calls to defund private schools, twinges of conscience from some religious Principals, and much more

NSW Public Education Party established, public school teachers spending their own money on supplies, private schools get the biggest funding hikes as well as the biggest declines in results and much more

Funding peculiar religious tenets - the Opus Dei saga, de-funding private schools and much more

Back to school - nothing has changed to alleviate educational inequalities, Labor kicks funding can down the road and much more

Reminder of past inequities shows continued current public school disadvantage, private schools continue fee hikes and much more

Billions of taxpayer dollars going to the purple economy, gross underfunding of public schools continues and much more

New Year's Eve Great State Schools Special

Church abuse of public schools, Labor betrays public schools and much more

Education ministers MUST commit to fully funding public schools, cash for high marks and more

Special consideration for VCE students studying in flooding areas, U.S. religious discrimination against trans/NB kids in schools and much more

Dutton politicizes the curriculum and joins the IPA in some public school teacher bashing, NAPLAN and NEAP(US version) both abject failures and much more

Vic govt woos private school vote with $717 million package, Schools in crisis- solutions in disarray, Restoring equity and much more

DOGS high court case re-examined by media other than 3CR! and much more

Breaching Section 116, Bonner and Greenwell on the Productivity Commission's interim report and much more

SPECIAL Australian Fabian's seminar "Should All Australian Schools be Public?"

Élite school students acting up AGAIN, the wealthy robbing the poor via extraordinary tax cuts, private school fees continue to escalate and much more

Apparent preferential treatment for Catholic schools, petition to properly fund Coburg High school, TAFE funding announcement and much more

Preferential treatment of religious system, why managerialism can't solve everything in schools and much more

The purpose of education, corporations turning public schools into their workforce pipelines and much more

Teacher shortage won't be solved until we treat teaching as a profession, public education essential to democracy and much more

Labor chooses tax cuts for the rich over better funding for disadvantaged schools, former voucher advocate recants support and much more

Public schools still serves the majority of Australian students despite rhetoric suggesting its decline, neo-liberalism's continuing abject failure and much more.

Curriculum attacks, the effects of neo-liberalism on education and much more

State aid has proven bad for religion as the nation drifts away from Christianity, teachers, private school overfunding and much more

Whatever happened to the "FREE" in free public education? Ongoing teacher shortages. Caro on Chaplaincy in government schools and much more

RADIOTHON SPECIAL feat. Fight for Survival - Cultural Resistance : Reasonable, Rational, Responsible - the story of Northlands Secondary College and much more

New Minister for Education Jason Clare- talking the talk, but can he walk the walk? and much more

Who is our new education minister? Public education day 2022, sick school reality and much more

Christians and the federal election, duplicities in funding from education minister Stuart Robert plus much more

Despite schools being in crisis, education is not an election issue, Australia's global education peculiarity, cash for high achieving students? and much more

Main parties ignore education as an election issue, NSWTF strike action, LNP's record on school funding and much more

The history syllabus, ANZACs and public education, skills crisis and TAFE, I.B. results raising eyebrows and much more

BILLIONS in over-funding to elites- a closer look at QLD and NSW, building the unlucky country and more

Where major parties stand on education funding policy, Scomo and Roberts throwing public school children overboard with their "devil take the hindmost' approach to education and much more

State aid auction/election- neither LNP or ALP tackle inequity in education. Caro and the REASON party support public education and much more

Waiting for Gonski and separation of church and state.

ScoMo says taking care of public schools is NOT HIS JOB! Gonski on Gonski, AEU easter TAFE uprising and much more

DOGS 1988 press release still depressingly relevant, still waiting for Gonski, Scomo's devastating impact on TAFE and much more

Celebrating Dr Martin Luther King, staunch advocate for separation of church and state and much more

Private schools NO LONGER save the government money, why Australian schools are lagging behind and much more

Religious liberty comes at price, private school funding increasing at 5 times the rate of public schools and much more

Multinational businesses that are elite private schools, pressure on Labor to fund public schools properly and much more

QLD school discriminates against LGBTQIA+ community, schools behaving like churches with state funds, more elites ripping off jobkeeper and much more

Covid and going back to school. Albanese's $440 million for schools? S.A teachers strike action and much more

Obscene rorting of jobkeeper by elite schools showing a sense of entitlement that knows no bounds. teacher shortages as governments treat the profession as glorified baby-sitters and much more

NAPLAN proves no difference in educational outcomes between public and private schools, COVID and school communities, kids and vaccines and much more

Religious discrimination, shameless greed of private schools, NSW teachers strike and much more

Special Memorial Tribute

Private school fees or house mortgage? NSW teachers strike, school production goes ahead after 10 attempts and much more

Public school teachers taken for granted despite being essential workers, NSW teachers strike and more

Separation of church and state - just what IS a religious school? Private schools rorting jobkeeper, for-profit early childhood education sector ripping off the taxpayer, NSW teachers call for action and much more

Legal analysis of religious discrimination bill, ScoMo spends millions on De La Salle, help for special needs students being gamed by private schools and more

Religious discrimination bill, taxpayers fund religious schools while state schools go without, OECD dodgy results and much more

State Schools Relief donations, state schools never receive SRS, students protest toxic patriarchy in private schools and much more

Where our pollies went to school and the pathways to Parliament, Nobel research of education funding, misguided indigenous and disadvantaged NT education policies and more

The odious over-classes judgement on the so-called 'proles', a call to stop stereotyping the poor and much more

"Fairer Education Policy" party emerges, cult accesses $9 million in jobkeeper, staffing crisis in NSW and much more

Private schools continue to rort billions, projected teacher shortage and much more

The purpose of public education, AEU/NSWTF response to politicising COVID and much more

A win for U.S. public school activists. So-called "charitable" charter school RORTS. The expensive truth about private schools and much more

Teachers' worth, OECD data shows that Australian public school teachers are overworked, underpaid and much more

Privilege in time of plague, state aid dividing children along religious lines and much more

How free IS public education? Victorian parents spend records amounts on 'free' education plus much more

Student mental health concerns as funding goes to chaplains, NOT qualified counsellors, elite schools cue-jumping AGAIN plus much more

Huge changes to the education scene in Chicago with the de-funding of the charter system, the racist history of standardised testing and much more

Preferential treatment of private schools with multiple vaccination scandals, just who is eligible for vaccine and much more

The history and fate of Gonski, teacher sacked for being gay, investing where it matters and much more

Community schools, OECD on career guidance, COVID lays bare the widening gap between the haves and have nots in the student population and more

Public schools for the Public good, why students shouldn't learn in a bubble, effects of Covid on students and more

Satanic church demonstrates need for separate of church and state, equity in education, capital funding for public schools and much more

Vaccinations for public school teachers, statement on Australian curriculum from First Nations experts plus more

Elite school seniors get Pfizer due to ''clerical error'', old school ties and much more

Extraordinary wealth of elite schools while accessing jobkeeper on top of more taxpayer funding, NAIDOC in schools, plus much more

Old school tie money, alarming capital funding figures headed to private schools while independent schools group cries poor.

Recurrent and capital funding of private schools show an obvious ratio of inequity

RADIOTHON! Public schools do more with fewer resources plus more

Radiothon! Economic argument for State Aid to private schools NO LONGER VALID, plus much more

Public Education Day, TAFE shortchanged again, structural failure and much more

Public education day, private schools a protected species and much more

Tudge fudging figures, former privatiser changes sides as facts don't match rhetoric and much more

May Day Memories - the fight for public education

Government deniability, not accountability. Morrison abandons needs-based funding and more

Believing in Public Education. The moral vacuums of professional politicians and more

The big FIVE challenges facing Australian Education and much more

This week we concentrate on parents and teachers and whatever happened to free education?

Coalition claims the 'school funding wars are over' despite all evidence to the contrary!

The stranglehold of elite private schools on the corridors of power in Australia and more

TAFE, booming enrolments in the public school sector and much more

The Integration of private into the public sector - the marriage of 2 completely opposing objectives

What Australian education can learn from Finland plus a culture of entitlement

Catholic leader calls educational equity a fantasy as Finland proves it as a reality.

NAPLAN and PISA and big business. Emphasis on testing limiting achievement rather than learning and much more

School "choice" movement created by racial segregationists, good news stories from public schools and much more

Neo-liberal policies and TAFE, the true cost of private education, A.G. report and much more

Private school business plans are suffering from the pandemic wobblies! Teachers impacted by the fee freeze, the bank of Mum and Dad, plus much more

Planning laws give private schools open slather, locals be damned plus much more

U.S. rorting of public pandemic aid, Education unions in U.K., Dux of Dandenong

The failure of 'contracting-out' to the private sector- analogous to hotel quarantine fiasco

Neo-liberalism and its negative effect on education.

Rush to re-open puts U.S. educators at risk, a year to reflect upon.

Private schools deign to either reduce or freeze school fee increases due to COVID.

From Karmel to Gonski- the quest for equality in Australian Education

OECD data shows public schools do AS WELL AS private schools, while a multi-national corporation (Catholic Church) demands BILLIONS in taxpayer dollars.

Special AEU Web Seminar on School Funding Inequity

Principles of equality, TAFE, youth mental health and poor children in UK to go hungry.

Deliberate tax avoidance, property deals and childcare

The charity scams that are private schools, enjoying BILLIONS in tax concessions and exemptions.

$19 BILLION shortfall in funding to public schools

OECD PISA FAIL for Australia, TAFE reform, response to Shore apologists

Teachers, like health workers, have put in the hard yards during plague.

Inquiry into the value of teachers' work, OECD disparity comparisons and plutocracy

Abominations, policy crimes, rorting and discrimination

Inequality in time of plague as Catholic schools cannibalise their own.

Why is it that the most advantaged complain loudest that they are disadvantaged?

What happens to private schools in a failing market economy?

Piccoli and private primary schools, plus special audio featuring Diane Ravitch

Covid shutting the business models that are private schools

Education as a commodity, effects of homeschooling

Xavier closes, UK inequalities shine, taking advantage during Covid

The devil in the details of the coalition's vocational funding commitments. BLACK LIVES MATTER

DOGS no longer alone in the state aid debate.

Separation of church and state in the U.S. turned in its head, while in Australia, funding for private schools receive 15 times more funding than state schools, while a private school expels a special needs pupil.

State aid and school enrollments, state schools ORDERED to return.

The effects of plague on disadvantaged schools and students

May 28th- Public Education Day

State School values and private school business plans in time of plague.

Cabbage Tree Island- a lesson in disadvantage as Covid 19 hits an island with few I.T. resources.

Living in the world of the egalitarian MYTH, the effects of inequality on our nation.

DOGS high court case of 1981 revisited nationally

Matters of church and state, inequality is a feature of the Australian education system.

Advances of BILLIONS in funding to private schools- no mention of any special treatment for public schools.

Public schools are now, more than ever, a community hub, while the virus exposes the dodgy business practices of private schools.

Teachers asked to put their lives on the line, why is the public system considered dispensable?

The dangerous stupidity of constant assessment, the history of the 'test' and the federal government's private schools slush fund

Over 80% of disavantaged students go to public schools and 90% of disadvantaged schools are PUBLIC.

Global privatisation of BASIC education, Justice Kirby on Discrimination bill and much more

Huge increases to private school funding, St Kevin's defending the indefensible, mandatory reporting and much more

How is it that in Australia private schools get so much public money? A look at the functional processes that allow this disparity plus much more

Australia's bifurcated education system- one for the rich and one for the poor

To educate a child in a CIVILISED nation is NOT an act of charity but an investment- education is a fundamental RIGHT of a child.

A.G. reports, funding rorts , pork-barrelling sports and much more

Sophistry of Religious discrimination bill plus a State Schools Aid agency

A brief history of education in our constitution, our federal Government's approach to what CAN be taught in schools and much more

The educational gulf is widening, constitution ignored in religious bill, "back to basics" the problem, not the solution.

SUMMER SPECIAL- Encore of our School Climate Change Rally Special

The 'fantasy' that private schools save the government money! and much more

The DOGS predictions about the consequences of state aid are sadly coming true

PISA shows Australian students are 3 and 1/2 years BEHIND their international peers

The REAL cost of private education, education and AFL plus much more

Federal government trashes and withholds funds from state schools while OVERTLY propping up private system.

Shameless government indifference to poverty, inequitable drought funding,religious freedom and much more

Taxation exemptions and private school rates, Australian Constitutional issues and much more

Private V.E.T. providers scam BILLIONS, leaving students in debt, without qualifications plus much more

The consequence of funding decisions in the 60s is our bifurcated education system

Inequalities perpetuated by our education arrangements are getting worse. Teachers and their role, plus England's classist education problems and much more

Religious Freedom/Discrimination bill debate

Religious freedom bill, an analysis of private school advertising and much more

Business group proposes that students tax returns/centrelink data be used to decide school funding!

Government funded 'private' school enrollments decrease as Public school enrollments increase

Australia's soft theocracy, NAPLAN stagnation and much more

Between the Catholic, Independent and Public school systems, Australia has the 4th most INEQUITABLE education systems in the OECD

TAFE scandal, infrastructure spending on all public works EXCEPT public schools!

ABC data shows evidence of gross and ridiculous inequities between private and public schools funding

The "Walmart-isation" of public education, record number of enrolments in TAFE and more

Systemic problems with tax-payer funding of private sectarian schools

The long-term price of state aid to private schools- INEQUALITY

Who should Australia be learning from? The U.S., the U.K. or the Netherlands?

Government schools under attack from the Government itself!

OECD report shows Australian public school teachers are most innovative and creative but are the least resourced.

Australian teacher morale, 21st Century educational needs

Private schools and Australia's caste system

Radiothon special

Religion and the election of the Morrison government- Thanking God for Catholic Schools!

OECD comparisons show increases in inequity in Australian society with Australia having one of the most socially segregated education systems in the world.

A brief history of state aid- the state aid experiment has FAILED again.

Tax policy and the separation of church and state, Morrison government caught diverting funds for capital works to private schools

Research shows Public Schools OUTPERFORMING Private schools

The widening gap between educational outcomes of advantaged and disadvantaged schools

Tax policy and separation of church and state plus much more

Coalition's $14 BILLION in total cuts to public schools and much more

Budget week and the absolute disregard for School Resource Standards in public schools

School chaplaincy case- a win at VCAT

Students Climate Change Rally Special

Morrison has made it clear that public schools are NOT a priority for his government

The privatisation of the entire school system in the U.S., chaplaincy programs and much more

Big business putting profit ahead of student outcomes and much more

Equity ( and the lack thereof ) in education

Australia's educational apartheid

Entrenched inequality as new funding arrangements guarantee that Public Schools are now UNDER-FUNDED, ON PURPOSE, INDEFINITELY

Identity crisis for Catholic schools and the legal validity of funding religion.

U.S. Education privatisation parallels

Public Private Partnerships in Schooling

The extravagant 'needs' of elite private schools being paid for by YOU

Special interview on the active segregation of children in schools in the United States

It's official- there is NO separation of religion from the state in Australia

Are private school parents voting with their feet and enrolling in public schools?

Distance Education and its comprehensive success

How Private Education is routing public school funding

Educational Inequality & Your Postcode

Australia's so-called 'class-free' society has one of the most socially stratified education systems in the WORLD

Equity in education in Australia

Religious debate heating up...

The failure of neoliberalism and privatisation by stealth

Private schools cornering the market of 'needfulness' and much more

The essence of the private schooling 'choice' argument- DISCRIMINATION

Fair Funding Now letter to P.M. in fairfax press- a call to action

The REAL problem about school funding and the needs policy

War declared on public education- the federal government has stopped governing!

Issues of separation of religion and the state playing out in our schools

Why does our Prime Minister refuse to send his children to our Public Schools?

Just who is our new federal minister for education?

Religious factions playing aggressive politics, 'Bespoke Education' and much more

Sectarian war between Catholic and Independent schools, questionable charitable status and much more

Warm-up for prize fight over school funding

Catholic and Independent sector playing politics with the education of Australian children

Government becoming the playthings of multinational corporations

The 'marketplace' of education, parasitic selective schools and much more

New Government weapon, admission of over funding, privatisation of education

Indigenous education, curriculum and Gonski

Gonski 2.0

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Special Radiothon edition!

Independent and private schools at war

National Sorry Day Edition of the DOGS

NSW Auditor General's scathing report on expenditure on private schools..

Budget, chaplaincy, Gonski wars and much more

Gonski 2.0 analysis, State Government listening to the DOGS?

Freedom OF and FROM religion

Funding debates proving that the DOGS position is UNASSAILABLE.

Catholic church political phone blitz of Batman electorate and much more

The history of state funding and the creation of the DOGS

A Song For Simon Birmingham- La Mama Production

Australia is desperately trying to build it's own aristocracy with YOUR tax dollars

The big secret about the cost of education

Ruddock inquiry into religion and state plus much more

State needs policy becomes a PRIVATE GREEDS policy

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Defence of Government Schools

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Defence Of Government Schools

Defence of Government Schools

Australian Council for the Defence of Government Schools

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Interview with Ron Williams

Defence of Government Schools

Tests for infants!

Expenditure of taxes?

Education is not a commodity from which to profit privately

Internationally, teachers are getting active

Voucher systems in education

Defence Of Government Schools

UK Budget and education

Gob-smacking lack of foresight from the market theocrats

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The fight against STUPIDITY

Apologies for the technical difficulties this week

Privatisation of education has FAILED Australian children

Private education providers targeting specifically overseas students

Successive governments have expected and welcomed massive population growth

Separation of church and state

Take over the private schools and make them public

The 'holiday' period has, in the past, been used by politicians to slyly slip unpopular policy decisions into practice without the public paying too much attention.

Despite a wealth of positive examples of effective and successful public education systems

Saving our public schools

Surface versus substance

VET fiasco

Funding figures bungled

Australia is the only country to ransom its educational future

Worn out privatisation rhetoric spewing forth from the new minister.

Tax-paying parents are OWED State Schools

Analysis of education policy issues.

Marketeerers profiting from Education

Information on Simon Birmingham

Simon Birmingham - the new minister for education

DOGS do not expect any change from the new Turnbull Government.

A comparison between the education systems in Australia and Chile

A rationalist, an entrepreneur and former teacher walk into a bar...

Busy week in education and policy issues.

Choice, policy, FIRIS and billboards

Critical thinking, Church and State, 'Corporatocracy'

Is Australia intent on following the social stratification of the United Kingdom?

State Aid to Independent Schools

"Dependant" schools, the "Aspirational"

Transparency and accountability of public money

Religion in schools

Market theocracy and education

The separation of religion from state education

Stephen Elder and his facts and figures

Public funds going to private education

The strange case of Scots College boys bypassing HSC

Chile has stopped state aid for all private schools

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