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Dutton flip-flops on proposals for three separate referendums if Coalition wins election in c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

[–] butters@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago

Isn’t that how Scomo got elected? If it’s worked in the past for them…

Trapped in 'deep poverty': The people who say they were left behind by the budget in c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone

[–] butters@aussie.zone 7 points 1 week ago

Yes it was a very tinkering around the edges budget. There’s no appetite for major tax reform, welfare increases or actual housing policy (negative gearing, capital gains discount). Seems like Australians like middle of the road government.

Queensland signs deal for fully funded public schools in c/brisbane@aussie.zone

[–] butters@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder if this is Albanese saying “oi if you sign up for my education deal, I’ll throw a few extra $$ at Olympic stadiums.”

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Queensland signs deal for fully funded public schools (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by butters@aussie.zone to c/brisbane@aussie.zone

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Queensland joins other states by signing deal with commonwealth to fully fund public schools by 2034 The Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, is with the PM and has welcomed the agreement that gives an extra $2.8bn to the state’s public schools to 2034.

Crisafulli says this will bring generational reform, and highlights the challenges Queensland has in its schooling system.

It is a historic agreement … This means a lot to Queensland, and it means a lot because we’ve got some challenges in our schooling systems that other states don’t have. We are the most decentralized state. We’ve got a large portion of rural and regional and Indigenous schools.

He says the agreement was an opportunity “too good to miss”.