Key paragraph there 'Politicians like to talk about school systems as if their sole purpose was to give all young people the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in life. This is a universa… (View Post)

Exactly, most employers want good team players too and team sports helps with that. Academic excellence alone unless you want to be an academic or say a commercial barrister isn't the only thing… (View Post)

All VAT on private schools has done is forced some smaller private schools to close and reduced the scholarships and bursaries private schools can offer, making them even more exclusive and reducing … (View Post)

Labor still leads on most 2PP polls though https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_Australian_federal_election (View Post)

Yes Hattersley was certainly a character, on the right of Labour and helped drag it back from the Militant left after the 1983 Labour landslide defeat as Kinnock's Deputy but still a moderate So… (View Post)