Commonwealth will pay for a quarter of public school funding, up from a fifth, replicating an agreement reached with South Australia and Victoria last month
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New South Wales has secured a deal with the commonwealth to fully fund public schools by 2034, leaving Queensland as the country’s only outlier ahead of the federal election.
The agreement is expected to inject $4.8bn into NSW public schools over the next decade and follows more than seven months of stalled negotiations.
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