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Originally posted by pintohoo ↑

Craig Kelly
intellectual, academic, visionary, statesman

oh, wait. THAT Craig Kelly

boofhead, prize pillock, dopey, goof

Craig mentions Albo - wow, it's all Albo's fault eh? - not like education has been smashed since the Howard era - and oh boy, didn't Howard's disciples do a good job on it - come on down Tone - Tone, the Catholic man ----------- ripped education like tearing up a bit of A4 paper with some kind of nude pic on it that Tone found on his door - pinned there by some of his goofy weird Liberal staffers - the one's that do all those kinky things - when Tone employed them - he kinda missed that the were 'bent'

The Tony Abbott-led Coalition government made significant cuts to education funding in Australia during its term from 2013 to 2015.
## Higher Education Cuts
- The 2014-15 Budget introduced a 20% average cut to the Commonwealth Grant Scheme (CGS) funding for universities, which provided direct government grants.[1]
- The budget also proposed deregulating university fees, allowing them to charge higher fees to make up for the CGS funding cuts. This would have driven up costs for students.[1]
- There were reductions in assistance for disadvantaged university students and increases to indexation rates for student HELP loans, making repayments more expensive.[1]
## School Funding Cuts
- While the government maintained the first 4 years of the previous Labor government's Gonski school funding model, from 2018 onwards school funding would only be indexed to inflation (CPI) rather than appropriate funding levels.[1]
- This was projected to result in a $30 billion cut to school funding over 10 years compared to the original Gonski model.[1][2]
- The government's own figures showed around $6 billion less funding for schools in 2024-25 due to the changed indexation arrangements.[1]
- State premiers accused the federal government of cutting $80 billion from projected hospital and school grants over the long-term, forcing states to raise taxes or increase the GST to cover the shortfall.[3]
So in summary, while maintaining some earlier funding commitments, the Abbott government made substantial cuts to projected future funding for universities and schools over the medium to long-term through budget measures and changed indexation arrangements.[1][2][3]
Citations:
[1] https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar.../budgetcuts_ctte/First_Interim_Report/c04.pdf
[2] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-02/kate-ellis-using-rubbery-school-funding-figures/5543330
[3] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-fury-of-premiers-over-cuts-to-states-funding
[4] disallowed/politics/federal/tony-abbotts-school-reform-paper-proposes-cutting-federal-funding-20150621-ghtkkz.html
[5] http://gupsa.org.au/tony-abbott-must-explain-where-student-money-will-go-says-capa/

So, Einstein Kelly needs to look a bit further back than 'it's all Albo's fault'

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Wannabe french poodle is a dimwit with nothing but waffle about fa.

Triggered by Kelly and still blaming others for the current Govts out of control immigration numbers/agenda.

Over 100,000+ imported in Feb 2024 alone!

New ABS Data Confirms Monthly Migration Intake Exceded 100,000 For First Time In History

“New ABS data shows Australia’s migration intake remains out of control, with promises to ‘normalise’ arrivals in tatters.