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Abe Maddison

Great divide: private school funding gap keeps growing

Most private schools get more government funding per student than public schools, a report shows. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Funding gaps between public and private school students of up to $7282 per child must be urgently addressed, the Australian Education Union says.

The union has released a report based on school finance data that shows more than half the nation's private schools receive more combined government funding per student than comparable public schools.

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