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  • May, 2013

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    Gonski education reforms

    Q. Tony Abbott has said that, if elected, he will not proceed with the Gonski reforms to education which gives more funds to public schools but he will keep the current system of school funding which he says is working well. Do you think he should implement the Gonski funding reforms or keep the current system?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Implement the Gonski reforms

    43%

    64%

    26%

    65%

    Keep the current system of school funding

    34%

    18%

    56%

    14%

    Don’t know

    22%

    18%

    18%

    22%

    43% support implementing the Gonski education funding reforms and 34% support keeping the current system of school funding.

    Strongest support for implementing the Gonski reforms came from Labor voters (64%), Greens voters (65%) and people aged 25-44 (49%).

    Strongest support for keeping the current system came from Liberal/National voters (56%) and people aged 65+ (55%).

  • Apr, 2013

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    Opinion of Gonski report recommendations

    Q. The Gonski report on funding education has recommended a new model for school funding that would mean all students are entitled to a set level of funding regardless of where they go to school, disadvantaged schools receive more funding and taxpayer funding for private schools is adjusted down based on parents’ capacity to pay.

    Do you support or oppose these recommendations?

     

    27 Feb 12

    30 Jul 12

    Total

    22 Apr 13

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total support

    68%

    65%

    62%

    77%

    49%

    76%

    Total oppose

    13%

    14%

    18%

    6%

    31%

    5%

    Strongly support

    25%

    25%

    25%

    42%

    12%

    41%

    Support

    43%

    40%

    37%

    35%

    37%

    35%

    Oppose

    9%

    10%

    11%

    4%

    18%

    4%

    Strongly oppose

    4%

    4%

    7%

    2%

    13%

    1%

    Don’t know

    19%

    20%

    20%

    16%

    20%

    19%

    62% say they support the recommendations of the Gonski report on funding education and 18% were opposed. Support has weakened very slightly (-3%) since this question was asked last July.

    Strongest support was shown by Labor voters (77%) and Greens voters (76%).

    Since last July, support from Liberal/National voters has dropped from 59% to 49% and opposition increased from 20% to 31%.

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