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Luke Costin

Cashed up schools get $3b in bonus funding: report

A new report has found an "obvious illogicality" in how private and public schools are funded. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Overspending on private schools while denying public schools basic funding is inherently unjust to Australian children, a senior economist says.

A report released on Sunday found taxpayers will overfund non-governmental schools to the tune of $815 million in 2023 and nearly $3 billion over the next six years.

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