Philobiblon

… about the new Australian “Labour” government, given facts such as this:

The Rudd Government has locked itself into a controversial Commonwealth formula that delivered to NSW private schools a 22 per cent increase in annual funding from $1.2 billion in 2003 to $1.6 billion last year, taking into account inflation. Last year’s figure is the federal budget estimate.
State Government support for independent schools has risen by 18 per cent, to $708 million, over the same period.
Schools continued to receive more public money even though they were making profits from parents who will face fee increases of up to 10 per cent this year.