A centre-right government and the largest non-government school system in Australia should be natural allies. But you wouldn’t think so, given the ongoing school funding war between the Turnbull government and the Catholic schools
Nevertheless, there remains an opportunity for a mutually beneficial deal: a federal Religious Freedom Act that would protect Catholic schools, in return for accepting lower funding growth.
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