Turnbull moves to soothe schools tension

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published July 31, 2018

Labor is claiming victory on Malcolm Turnbull's "humiliating admission" on school funding, as the prime minister moves to douse damaging tensions with Catholic schools.

The Catholic school sector chalked up a win in the Queensland seat of Longman after campaigning hard against the policy ...

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