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  • Jul, 2012

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    Funding Schools

    Q. Do you think all schools should get a similar increase in funding, public schools should receive a larger increase or private schools should receive a larger increase?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    All schools should receive a similar increase in funding

    28%

    23%

    39%

    7%

    Public schools should receive a larger increase

    63%

    74%

    51%

    79%

    Private schools should receive a larger increase

    2%

    1%

    3%

    Don’t know

    7%

    2%

    6%

    13%

    63% think that public schools should receive a larger increase in funding, 2% think private schools should receive a larger increase and 28% think all schools should receive a similar increase.

    Labor voters (74%) and Greens voters (79%) showed strongest support for increased funding for public schools – although a majority (51%) of Liberal/National voters also supported it.

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