‘ Nationally, Australia is an international laggard on education equality among our peers — we are 30th out of 38 OECD countries when it comes to fairly funded high schools, a 2018 UNICEF report found. So what went wrong? Gonski’s landmark reforms were watered down when the Gillard government promised Catholic and private schools they wouldn’t lose a dime, The Guardian explains. Then the Abbott government scrapped the 2017-18 public school funding boost. Then the Turnbull government created a 20% funding cap for public schools, leaving state governments to foot the bill. They didn’t. For private schools, the cap was reversed.’
#crikey #education #auspol #turnbull #gillard #gonski #abbott #murdoch #coalition #labor

This is an old podcast, and I must look to see where the Grendel inquiry is at today; but I found this really interesting in terms of naming and addressing the phenomenon of toxic indifference. Also; Julia Gillard does a podcast! Didn’t know that before. #Grenfell #Yvette #Gillard

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/a-podcast-of-ones-own-with-julia-gillard/id1466658814?i=1000454811424

@Milkman76

Well yeah, he's a centrist, but Swan was the economics guy… (there's more interesting IP issues in India and Southern Africa… another-nother-story)

I don't agree with #Rudd on everything, but i consider his a point of view wiorth listening to on some things. mostly i like this "let's NOT do WWIII" idea..

I actually much preferred #Gillard at the time, another long side track… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leadership_spill#Federal_ALP_changes (i wish we still did spills like that, #albo is unimpressive)

But when #ScoMo was on a nuclear military shopping spree and demanding #WHO investigate the Wuhan lab … and #Dutton was doing his chest thumping "prepare for war" rhetoric … i wanted the guy with at least half a clue about China to come back…

@kirt@newsie.social @kirt@mstdn.social @skua

Swedish diplomat who saved thousands during #Holocaust remembered.

AG Mark Dreyfus, has delivered an address in memory of #RaoulWallenberg, a #Swedish diplomat who saved tens of thousands of Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary from certain death by issuing them with a Swedish government protective travel document of his own invention: a “Schutzpass”.

Wallenberg was made an honorary Australian citizen in 2013 by the #Gillard government – the first person to ever receive this honour. #auspol