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Trevor Cobbold

Trevor Cobbold

Brisbane Times

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

NSW and Qld public schools will lose billions if stand-off Is not resolved
21.02.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

Public schools bear the greatest burden of disadvantage

06.02.2025 3

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

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

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

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

Trevor Cobbold

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

Productivity commission exposes private school funding defects

New analysis by the Productivity Commission of donations to school building and other funds highlights how antithetical private school funding is...

31.07.2024 7

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold