The Wire

The schools of a nationwide Christian sect, which Kevin Rudd once labeled a ‘cult’, have had their funding increased by 50 per cent over the last two years. The controversial Exclusive Bretheren church will receive a total of 62 million dollars of taxpayer funds over the next 4 years. As opposition leader in 2007 Mr Rudd described the Brethren as an extremist cult that breaks up families, but now his government appears to be backing the group.