School funding concerns see archbishops meet with prime minister

Thursday, July 19th, 2018

School funding concerns in Australia were the subject of a discussion between three Catholic archbishops and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday.

The archbishops say Catholic educators are concerned non-government schools are starting term three with no idea about how much funding they would receive from the Turnbull government in 2019. Read more

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Tags: Archbishop Anthony Fisher, Archbishop Mark Coleridge, Archbishop-elect Peter Comensoli, Australian school funding, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull

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