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EXPENDITURE AS A PER CENT OF GDP
Between 1978/79 and 1983/84 Australia spent 3.6% of GDP on schools.
The red area shows the actual expenditure
State/Territory Performance
Overall there has been a decline in real expenditure by states and territories.
ACT, SA, Tasmania and most noticeably Victoria declined in this period.
COMMONWEALTH AND TOTAL EXPENDITURE
Commonwealth expenditure, on the other hand, continues to show a consistent upward trend in expenditure on all schools.
Putting these together shows that there has been a slight increase in expenditure on all schools, of just under $200 m.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BIAS
After some initial volatility in which public schools sometimes actually got the biggest slice, since 1983, private schools have consistently received the larger proportion.
Average expenditure per private school student, including private expenditure, overtook average public school student expenditure around 1993.
COMBINED FEDERAL AND STATE/TERRITORY EXPENDITURE
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Public schools have lost nearly 5% in real terms.
CURRENT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES
ENROLMENT BENCHMARK ADJUSTMENT (EBA)
CONCLUSION
We submit that governments are guilty of neglecting public schools
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