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Trevor Cobbold

Trevor Cobbold

Brisbane Times

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Overworked, overburdened, and burning out: Australian teachers' workloads among the worst in OECD

Overworked, overburdened, and burning out: Australian teachers' workloads among the worst in OECD
19.11.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

It’s official! Accounting tricks denied public schools more than $2b in funding in 2023

02.11.2025 6

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Australia has amongst the highest teacher shortages in the OECD

23.10.2025 9

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New school funding agreements deny full funding for public schools

07.10.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

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New NAPLAN results demand better deal for public schools

07.09.2025 9

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Government funding increases entrench private school resource advantage

13.03.2025 9

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NSW and Qld public schools will lose billions if stand-off Is not resolved

21.02.2025 10

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Public schools bear the greatest burden of disadvantage

06.02.2025 3

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No Christmas presents for public schools

There are no Christmas presents for public schools in new interim funding agreements between the Albanese Government and the major states....

20.12.2024 5

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Private schools’ opportunist attempt to lock-in over-funding

Private schools have seized on an opportunity provided by an Amendment Bill before the Parliament to attempt to lock-in billions in Commonwealth...

03.11.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

Labor’s amendments to the Education Act fail to ensure full funding of Public Schools

The Labor Government‘s proposed amendments to the Australian Education Act fail in their goal to provide “a pathway to full and fair funding for...

25.10.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

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NT school funding agreement includes more accounting fiddles

The new school funding agreement between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments brings a much needed boost to public schools funding....

10.08.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold