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Trevor Cobbold

Trevor Cobbold

Brisbane Times

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Underfunded public schools, overfunded private ones – the gap grows

Underfunded public schools, overfunded private ones – the gap grows
26.03.2026 7

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

Australia’s school bureaucracy is growing faster than classrooms

05.12.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

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

19.11.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

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

02.11.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

Australia has amongst the highest teacher shortages in the OECD

23.10.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

New school funding agreements deny full funding for public schools

07.10.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

New NAPLAN results demand better deal for public schools

07.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

Government funding increases entrench private school resource advantage

13.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

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

21.02.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold

Public schools bear the greatest burden of disadvantage

06.02.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Trevor Cobbold