http://theconversation.com/unfair-funding-is-turning-public-schools-into-sinks-of-disadvantage-751

A good article by David Zyngier on what has happened to our public system since we started to subsidise the private system so heavily.

A good point is made in the article questioning where the tipping point will be. I suspect we have already passed the point of no return and the disadvantages for many public educated kids will become enormous in the next 2 decades.