Originally Posted by
Couscous
Gaz, I'm no expert and welcome any feedback, but this is my impression of school funding policy.
Before Labor won office in 2007, it had spoken vaguely about considering needs-based funding, without committing to a specific model. During its six years in office (Rudd and Gillard eras), Labor did almost nothing to change school funding, though Gillard eventually commissioned the Gonski review. Gonski reported shortly before Labor lost office. Since then, Labor has campaigned hard to implement the Gonski recommendations.
Why should I believe Labor is fair dinkum about needs-based school funding when it dithered for six years?