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Will Gonski 2.0 improve Indigenous student’s needs?

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The Australian Government has this week combined efforts with businessman David Gonski to produce a new education funding review titled “Gonski 2.0”.

The government plans to spend an extra $18.6 billion on education over the next ten years with the aim to improve the needs-based funding model first introduced by Labor.

But how will this new model impact Indigenous Australian students?

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Wednesday, May 3 2017

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Katherine Andrews

Featured in storyMeredith Peace- Australian Education Union President VictoriaLester Irabinna Rigney- Professor of Education at the Centre for Research and Education at The University of South Australia

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