Gonski urges Abbott to rethink school cuts

By EducationHQ News Team
Published May 22, 2014

CANBERRA, May 21 - David Gonski has criticised the government's decision to end the funding system he helped design, saying it ...

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Gonski urges Abbott to rethink school cuts

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