This week we feature a special paper given by Jean Ely to the History Fellows group at Melbourne University on 25 November 2020 as a tribute to Robert Ely, who died on 19 November 2020 after a long battle with cancer. The paper- From Karmel to Gonski: the Quest for Equality in Australian Education, was presented to the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at Menlbourne University.

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

The Australian Council for the Defence of Government Schools (DOGS) looks at public education and separation of church and state.

DOGS

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