Private schools 'increasingly alarmed' over government funding plans
The politically-sensitive issue of school funding has been discussed repeatedly in cabinet over recent months.
Matthew Knott is a political reporter in the Canberra bureau covering communications and education policy.
The politically-sensitive issue of school funding has been discussed repeatedly in cabinet over recent months.
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