Should the federal government turn over school funding to the states?

Last answered 2 hours ago

Yes

156,728 votes

39%

No

240,632 votes

61%

Distribution of answers submitted by Australian voters.

39%

Yes

61%

No

1 Yes answers

1 No answers

0 overlapping answers

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In 2016, Prime Minster Turnbull suggested that education funding should shift from the federal government to the states if they are able to raise more revenue under his proposed tax plan. The plan was opposed by the Labor and Green parties who argued that it would abandon the need-based funding reforms put in place after the Gonski report was released in 2012. Without federal funding, they argued, states with economically disadvantaged students would fall further behind. Proponent argue that the Department of Education is too large and states would do a better job of managing schools.  See recent Public School news