Jean Ely and Dale Bridge

DOGS

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The Australian Council for the Defence of Government Schools (DOGS) looks at public education and separation of church and state.

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Jean Ely and Dale Bridge

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www.3cr.org.au

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Jul 4, 2026

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Matters of church and state, inequality is a feature of the Australian education system. 09.05.2020

Matters of Church and State- Turnbull's memoir references the duplicitous and unaccountable 'needs' based funding, exposing the arrogance of the church. Bigger mortgages do NOT mean you are disadvantaged. Pell's knowing involvement with relocating predators and the Catholic church's refusal to be accountable for anything. Inequality is a feature of Australian education system. Janet Albrechtson's...

Advances of BILLIONS in funding to private schools- no mention of any special treatment for public schools. 02.05.2020

2 press releases! Advances of BILLIONS in funding to private schools- no mention of any special treatment for  public schools. 80% of disadvataged students attend state schools, 90% of indigenous children attend public schools yet the insecure private education BUSINESSES continue to demand billions of taxpayer dollars. U.S.- movement to ban the inequitable charter schools system. No state schools...

Public schools are now, more than ever, a community hub, while the virus exposes the dodgy business practices of private schools. 25.04.2020

Public schools are now, more than ever, a community hub, while the virus exposes the dodgy business practices of private schools. How private IS private when the public keep paying again and again, with private schools gouging recurrent taxpayers funds. U.S. Education Secretary DeVos is dedicated to destroying the public system as the Public Education Network and Diane Ravitch send an open letter...

Teachers asked to put their lives on the line, why is the public system considered dispensable? 18.04.2020

Teachers asked to put their lives on the line- Morrison using public school teachers as glorified babysitters. Public school teachers at the front line of growing inequalities, growing concern for disadvantaged students. Public school teachers are indispensable to the wellbeing of our nation. Private schools scramble to guarantee ongoing funding, despite falling enrolments. Thank you for your pati...

The dangerous stupidity of constant assessment, the history of the 'test' and the federal government's private schools slush fund 14.03.2020

The dangerous stupidity of constant assessment. Tehan THREATENS children with tests so he can say he's doing his job. Almost $20 billion of RECURRENT funding to private schools and now the 'Choice and Affordability' fund! The history of the 'test', from industrialisation to I.Q. tests. Great State School of the Week- Hornsby Girls Highwww.adogs.info

Over 80% of disavantaged students go to public schools and 90% of disadvantaged schools are PUBLIC. 07.03.2020

As the new funding model comes out, the Federal government decides to give more cash to Private schools with NO mention of public schools, passing the buck to the State governments. More than 1 in 3 children do not have access to the necessary infrastructure to succeed in education. This tells the kids- your government does not care about you. The MYTH of Equality. Funding exacerbating the dispari...

Global privatisation of BASIC education, Justice Kirby on Discrimination bill and much more 29.02.2020

The global privatisation of Basic education and Diane Ravitch's book "Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance to Privatization and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools". Justice Michael Kirby on the religious discrimination bill. Many religious people agree that this bill is a bad idea and agree that it is dangerous. Great State School of the Week- Bobin Primary School, NSWww.adogs.info

Huge increases to private school funding, St Kevin's defending the indefensible, mandatory reporting and much more 22.02.2020

Last word on statistics- new figures (R.O.G.S.) show huge funding increases to private schools and cuts to public schools as R.O.G.S. overestimates spending on public schools. St Kevin's College supporting paedophiles DURING the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse! Mandatory reporting of abuse and the law. Federal and state funding. Great State School of the Week- A...

How is it that in Australia private schools get so much public money? A look at the functional processes that allow this disparity plus much more 15.02.2020

Part 2 of Lies, damned lies and statistics with the Report On Government Services. Analysing numbers and people/funding processes- how is it in Australia that private schools get so much public money?- the functional processes that allow this disparity- while the public sector is still responsible for the majority of Australian children. Plus the Catholic Education Office justifies why they can't...

Australia's bifurcated education system- one for the rich and one for the poor 08.02.2020

Statistics showing income disparity widening. Funding increases to private schools DOUBLED while every state has CUT funding to public schools. A public school student is worth 28% of a private school student according to the Australian government. Australia's bifurcated education system- one for the rich and one for the poor. A look at the education system in Dehli. Our OECD report is F for Fail-...

To educate a child in a CIVILISED nation is NOT an act of charity but an investment- education is a fundamental RIGHT of a child. 01.02.2020

Foundational tenets of U.S. democracy- the separation of church from the state- the fundamental principle upon which the U.S. was built is being compromised - Espinoza Vs Montana. NO functional separation of church and state in Australia AT ALL. Education system in Canada is now leaping ahead of Australia. Article by Darren Walker, Ford Foundation- 'Charity won't fix inequity, only structural chan...

A.G. reports, funding rorts , pork-barrelling sports and much more 25.01.2020

Auditor General reports and funding rorts. Pork-barrelling of sports grants and the Bridget McKenzie matter."NEEDS" based policy is overtly GREEDS based policy. Book review- Diane Ravitch's "Slaying Goliath- The Passionate Resistance to Privatisation and the Fight to Save America's Public Schools".Why we have public schools in the first place- a brief history of public education in Australia- and...

Sophistry of Religious discrimination bill plus a State Schools Aid agency 18.01.2020

Meg Wallace's 'Sophistry of Religious Discrimination"- about priveling one religon. Separation of religion from the mechanics of running a country- in Australia and the U.S.. Sue Karzis from State Schools Reflief (Victoria) talks abo0ut this unique organisation assisting state school. See more at ssr.net.au or contact locally on 87698450Great State School of the Week- Sale College in East Gippslan...

A brief history of education in our constitution, our federal Government's approach to what CAN be taught in schools and much more 11.01.2020

A brief history of education in the Australian constitution. Our Federal government's approach to what CAN be taught in schools... Also, why DON'T  churches pay taxes and rates?www.adogs.info

The educational gulf is widening, constitution ignored in religious bill, "back to basics" the problem, not the solution. 04.01.2020

Australian constitution is ignored (Sect,116) as government legislates for the furtherment of a particular religion. In the U.S. strikes over private school vouchers. "Back to basics" approach has become the problem, not the solution as the educationa gulf is widening. Great State School of the Week- Clifton Creek Primary School in Gippsland, which burnt down over the school holidays.www.adogs.inf...

SUMMER SPECIAL- Encore of our School Climate Change Rally Special 28.12.2019

SUMMER SPECIAL- Encore of our School Climate Change Rally Special

The 'fantasy' that private schools save the government money! and much more 21.12.2019

The 'fantasy' that private schools save the government money- Tehan's own thinktank queries where all the funding goes, as Australian students no longer even reach the OECD average in mathematics. Teachers and teacher training. The situation in Chile. U.S.'s Devos wastes millions on charter schools that will never be built. Great State School of the Week- Box Hill Highwww.adogs.info

The DOGS predictions about the consequences of state aid are sadly coming true 14.12.2019

The DOGS predictions about the consequences of state aid are sadly coming true after 60 years of funding private education - segregation, loss of standards, loss of accountability and more. State aid undermines democratic institutions and is disastrous to our democracy. EVERYONE loses when schools are segregated. The MYTHOLOGISING of the Goulburn Catholic School strike in the 60s. Vocational train...

PISA shows Australian students are 3 and 1/2 years BEHIND their international peers 07.12.2019

Part 2 of 'The Real Cost of Private Education' by Thomas Orren. AFL  and Private schools- 4 times more likely to get picked in the AFL draft of you are from one of eleven elite schools- the egalitarian nature of football is nowa myth, no longer a game for the PEOPLE. PISA shows Australian students are 3 and 1/2 years BEHIND their international peers in maths and sciences. The results are a wake-up...

The REAL cost of private education, education and AFL plus much more 30.11.2019

Part 1 of analysis of 'The Real Cost Of Private Education' article by Thomas Orren. AFL and eduation- how private schools have taken over the AFL. Venture capitalists find that private schools in Australia are a HUGE  money maker. $ = morals for capitalists. Great State School of the Week- Bicheno Primary Schoolwww.adogs.info

Federal government trashes and withholds funds from state schools while OVERTLY propping up private system. 23.11.2019

Federal government trashes and withholds funds from state schools while OVERTLY propping up private system. U.S.- Political victory for state schools in Kentucky thanks to tenacious activists. Dr Ian Hansen's mea culpa article. "Drought" package of $10 million ONLY  for private schools- an elitist and exclusive package, boosting a system that is failing, ignoring 60% of Australian children because...

Shameless government indifference to poverty, inequitable drought funding,religious freedom and much more 16.11.2019

Shameless government indifference to poverty, inequitable drought funding. Religious freedom bill- dangerous according to Justice KirbyGreat State School of the Week- Wytaliba State Schoolwww.adogs.info

Taxation exemptions and private school rates, Australian Constitutional issues and much more 09.11.2019

Taxation exemptions and private school rates- private schools and local councils. The Constitution of Australia and SECTION 116- our very own 'separation of church and state' clause- referenced by the mainstream due to religious discrimination legislation debate. How Private school fees effect the 'working' family- fee increases at twice the rate of inflation and wage growth. Great State School of...

Private V.E.T. providers scam BILLIONS, leaving students in debt, without qualifications plus much more 02.11.2019

A look at Chile- culturally, educationally, socially - and the inequitable distribution of wealth. Private V.E.T. providers scam BILLIONS, leaving students in debt, without qualifications. Congestion costs os private schools. The Morrison government has been nothing short of a disaster for T.A.F.E..Great State School of the Week- Malvern Central Schoolwww.adogs.info

The consequence of funding decisions in the 60s is our bifurcated education system 26.10.2019

More on 'Engines of Privilege- The Problem with Private Schools' (Green and Kyneston). The consequence of funding decisions in the 60s is our bifurcated education system. So-called 'VALUES' of private schools questioned in article by Adam Voight on the reprehensible behaviour of St Kevin's students and the responsibility avoidance in the Principal's response. Catholic Church strips Parish Priests...

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