If you give a gonski apparently there is a petition on the gonski site.
You can see what your school stands to gain on the site:
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@lakeland27 wrote:
@nevynreally wrote:
@lakeland27 wrote:
@nevynreally wrote:When did schools become a federal issue? They are under the warm blanket of the respective States. Guess it's good fodder for some not to acknowledge that.
a review of the education system and a definitive lack of talent in managing the money and the ed system at a state level , decades of mismanagement made it an issue.
Oh please! Don't be so naive to think that the entire Gonski thing wasn't a political ploy.
Education has always been a State issue. Federal government getting involved is grandstanding.
says you and bolt. i have more regard for your opinion usually, but not on this occasion. make a point if you have one.
The point is that the Federal Government is not allowed to get involved in education. It is written in our Cosnstitution. They have to be "invited" they can't just take over....
LL, I'm not trying to be political. I don't believe that either govt's efforts will make any real difference.
I'm against the propaganda of how it is being sold to the public.
I'm against how this has once again been turned into a chance to take political pot shots and the hypocracy of the people who claim to be concerned.
The core issie with education isn't funding, but that's what we are being told by BOTH sides....
In here, it seems that no one is wanting to discuss the real issue, education and the Gonski is just being used as the vehicle to further a cause, that's all it is.
I think if Mr Abbott does reneg on the binding agreements then yeah, that's bad. I've said that.
But people here were protesting before they even knew if the new proposals would be better or worse.
as I said earlier, the hypocracy is deafening...
meh
another thought - if Gonski had been on the table for 2 years, why the push to get everyone signed up in the last days of office? If it was so well supported, then why the need? what were labor afraid of? why wouldn't 3 states sign? why hadn't 3 states reached binding bilateral agreements? and why did those who (apparently) did (still haven't actually seen proof of that) do it so quickly whilst others negotiated for longer?
LL, may I please ask why, when you are so against private education and pell et al, and bibles in schools etc that you chose to send your child to a catholic school?
But people here were protesting before they even knew if the new proposals would be better or worse.
that's the thing, pyne cancelled with no plan. then, because of backlash he returns with the PM and they say 'we are giving and then some' 'more even' but no plan. just the kind of cash splash you seem to disprove of ? this against a thorough process taking years simply because of the names on it ? pyne and abbott are throwing this cash at the states for the sake of their personal pride. possibly wasting a lot of it because of a flawed ideology.
LL, may I please ask why, when you are so against private education and pell et al, and bibles in schools etc that you chose to send your child to a catholic school?
i have. i saw this coming 
