Litespeed

Welcome to NSW the Penal state.

It is just more of the bushrangers collecting money and punishing the masses.

I do remember a fast and furious lap or more in my old Alfa years ago- what a blast. But would have been jailed for it these days.

It is like the old Pacific Hwy, a 100kph road demoted to 60kph as it is now used mainly by motorbikes. The new limit makes big fines for the state coffers and punishes what was once safe and legal. Meanwhile on the motorway next door..........

So what was once 105 in 100 zone was cool it is now instant loss of licence and massive fine for 45kmh over.

Just love been treated like a criminal.

I won't quote Turboplanner but are you serious?

We all have a right to public education and if you wish to go private then fine but it should be entirely privately paid. The argument they provide a education so should get the same money is complete crap. They accumulate assets, often have huge capital on investment and even get interest free loans for capital works off the government they never actually have to pay back.

State schools cannot get freebee capital to build great sports halls or even barometric chambers (kings school) or Olympic pools heated and indoors or libraries that universities could only dream of .

Any money that flows to them is lost to the public for private benefit, state schools are owned by the people of the state.State schools have to account how they spend the money, private schools are exempt from even basic transparency.

Religious schools of a particular faith have proven time and again to have

No moral compass at all and feel they are above the law. Just look at all the systemic abuse that is been exposed and their attitude to it. They can't even be sued for damages.

Governments of state and federal have consistently abused the public system and favored often illegally the religious schools. The idea of church and state been separate like the constitution demands is a fraud. Instead of getting counsellors in schools we can only get a religious pastor/chaplain- even in a state school. Children are forced to have religious education in state schools- scpriture and are actually banned from having ethics classes instead at the same time. So they go do nothing by edict of the government.

About ten years ago the catholic schools got funding to increase the wages of teachers from the government on the basis they provided religious education and thus should be paid more that state school teachers. Another example of federal money going to pay for religion by stealth. Now the wages gap from state to private schools is 10-25k a year different. Who losses out? - the public system and those that support it.

How do I know?

I am a teacher by trade.

There is no such thing as equity in funding between the systems, nor equity in intended outcomes either educationally, ethically nor legally.

Today the dimwits in Canberra floated up the flagpole the idea that state school places should be means tested. This would mean the better off would flock to the private system and even further degrade the public system. They immediately denied it was a serious idea but then said it is up to the states to do it.

IF a parent wishes to impose a belief system based on imaginary beings in the education of their child that should be up to them to pay for it not us.

Where else in life do we insist the right of the delusional to be paid for by the public?