Major parties unite to defend 'slush fund' private school package

Geordie Little

By Geordie Little
Published September 17, 2019

Labor has helped to vote down a Greens motion that would have seen the Government's controversial $1.2 billion private school funding package scrapped.

Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi.

Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi moved to disallow the Government’s planned Choice and Affordability Fund on Monday, describing it as “obscenely ...

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