As usual SR, you reach a conclusion and then go looking for something, anything, that will support the conclusion.

The SRS to which you refer is only part of the issue. Its the part that you think supports your conclusions, so you look no further. Yes, the various governments offer funding for non-government schools but its not at the level of government schools.

"While 4 out of every 5 school funding dollars comes from public sources, it is not evenly distributed across sectors. On average, around three quarters of funding for Catholic schools and less than one half of funding for independent schools is from public sources. In contrast, almost 95% of funding for schools in the government sector comes from the Australian Government and state and territory
governments... "
http://www.education.gov.au/quality-schools-package/fact-sheets/how-are-schools-funded-australia

65% of all students are in government schools but they receive 71% of all funding.

But this is only part of the story and this is where I'll lose you. Day to day funding of the schools which the government funds isn't all that is required to run a school. The school needs land, buildings, infrastructure, non-teaching support staff, head office administrators and a plethora of other costs. For example 87% of costs of the land and buildings for non-government schools is met by that sector. The government kicks in very little.

When all these other expenditures are accounted for, the non-government system picks up half the cost of education their kids.

You should aquaint yourself with what happened in Goulbourn in 1964 which kicked this whole thing off. Catholic schools in the area were so poor they couldn't survive without government help, which wasn't forth-coming. So they closed all their schools and sent the kids to the government schools in the area, which were all overwhelmed. The government folded like a cheap suit.

If non-government schools closed tomorrow the extra costs to the government would be enormous. You won't understand that.

Poirot,

"they should not be funded by the Australian taxpayer."

So the government shouldn't subsidise anything you disagree with? got it. The authoritarians in our midst.

Well, I did watch the repeat of the Four Corners program
last night which covered the Opus Dei schools in NSW and
what was happening there. I was shocked. There is no excuse
for what was being taught at those schools and as it
apparently is still going on - those schools need to be
held accountable. This has to stop - immediately.
No ifs or buts!

The obvious scars left on the students who have come forward
and spoken up are dreadful. A very sad state of affairs.
Action needs to be taken. Taxpayers should not be providing
fund for the torture of children - which is what this is.

mhaze,

"So the government shouldn't subsidise anything you disagree with? got it. The authoritarians in our midst."

Well, as it turns out, I do disagree with particularly weird cults pushing their dangerous dogma on to children in their formative years.

This lot of religious extremists are not affiliated with the Catholic School system in Oz - where is the oversight?

Hi Foxy,

When you have nut jobs telling young girls that the very effective cervical cancer vaccine (HPV) will turn them into sluts, and a old male teacher of 30 years telling young boys that raping women is natural for men, and the women are asking for it, then there is something seriously wrong. BTW watching pornography causes actual physical holes in ones brain, so this mob teach children. They are bigoted against gay people. One of my concerns is the rapid growth in funding for these elite schools from the Perrottet and Morrison governments.

Nazi Dom, when confronted with these allegations, in a political move he was quick to fob them off to the department, where he hopes such "nonsense" will be buried at least until after the election in March. This Primers philosophy is straight out of the Opus Dei handbook.

Dear Paul,

I hope that the investigation into these NSW schools
will be thorough and will produce good results for the
safety of the students. That concrete action shall be taken
and standards put in place that all schools be required to
abide by.

This is just one example of what has happened at one
private school section. Who knows what goes on in the
other private schools?

Perhaps another Royal Commission is needed here?

"Well, as it turns out, I do disagree with particularly weird cults pushing their dangerous dogma on to children in their formative years."

Well so am I, but we aren't talking about climate change ideology just now.

"where is the oversight?"

Where it always should be....with the parents.