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The Age, August 15, 2021.

Disadvantaged students rare at select-entry schools

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The Age, June 23rd 2021.

Demand for co-education surges as girls-only schools lose ground

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The Age, February 19th 2021.

Victorian independent schools grow four times faster than Catholic sector

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The Age, August 23, 2020.

State, Catholic numbers tipped to boom as parents delay switch

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The Age, December 4th 2020.

Pandemic ends trend of big fee rises at state's most expensive schools

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The Daily Telegraph, July 10 2020.

Broke schools across NSW need urgent funding just to make ends meet

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The Herald Sun, July 10 2020.

Victoria’s broke schools struggling to make ends meet

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The Sydney Morning Herald, June 22nd 2020.

Catholics shore up primary schools as enrolments dive

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The Sydney Morning Herald, February 7th 2020.

Catholic schools lose ground to government and independent sectors

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Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 21st 2019.

More students go private and expert says tide is far from turning

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The Age, December 6th 2019.

Islamic schools grow as parents seek a 'safe zone' for their children

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The Age, November 23rd 2019.

How private schools have taken over the AFL

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The Sydney Morning Herald, November 12th 2019.

Cap public school fees to level the playing field, study argues

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The Age, September 4th 2019.

Shepparton super school for 3000 kids to be built on site that has 500

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The Age, September 1st 2019.

'The benefits are immeasurable': Schools that are small and proud

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ABC News, 13th August 2019.

Rich school, poor school: Australia’s great education divide

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Herald Sun, August 7th 2019.

What happens if your child misses a place at an out-of-zone secondary school?

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ABC News, 3rd July 2019.

Fears Shepparton 'super-school' proposal will be underfunded, damage students' education

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The Conversation, May 27th 2019.

Some public schools get nearly 6 times as much funding, thanks to parents

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The Age, April 29th 2019.

The real cost of attending a Melbourne state school

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The Conversation, September 24th 2018.

Public schools losing out in political power plays

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The Age, September 5th 2018.

Schools ordered to remove inaccurate Year 12 data

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The Sydney Morning Herald, August 13th 2018.

Selective school application fees 'problematic' for public education

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The Sydney Morning Herald, April 24th 2018.

Private school wait-list fees cost families hundreds at child's birth

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Australian Association for Research in Education, EduResearch Blog. March 12th 2018.

Labor proposes a new $280m Evidence Institute for Schools, but where is the evidence we need it?

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The Age, January 29th 2018.

The great trek to prep: The city kids travelling up to 30km for school

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UNESCO World Education Blog (published December 5, 2017).

A penalizing system of accountability in Australia exacerbates equity gaps in education

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The Age, November 27th 2017.

The School sending out rejection letters before it opens

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The Conversation, August 24th 2017.

Religion in Australian schools: an historical and contemporary debate

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The Sydney Morning Herald, July 9th 2017.

Parent contributions top $500,000 a year at leading public schools

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The Sydney Morning Herald, July 3rd 2017.

Shopping for 'good' public schools in NSW reinforcing equity gap: research

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The Conversation, October 3rd 2016.

Yes, some Australian private schools are overfunded – here’s why

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The Conversation, September 14th 2016.

Yes, education funding has increased – but not everyone benefits

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