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Call for PM to ease up on states
Prime Minister Julia Gillard finally unveiled the federal government’s reaction to the Gonski review, but her response has left many wondering how the new education model will be funded and how much control the states will have to give over to Canberra.
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Hinz ‘s assertions are a travesty of Gonski. Gonski recommended that funding be allocated according to pupils’ needs, not that the ‘the states and the non-government school systems should spend as they see fit’.