Teachers union warns Morrison against 'special deals' with Catholic schools

AEU publicity blitz in 18 marginal seats calls for ‘fair school funding’

The federal government’s moves to avoid an election battle with the Catholic education sector is threatening to reignite the funding wars on another front, with the Australia Education Union launching a marginal seat campaign warning it against doing “special deals with private schools”.

On Monday the AEU – the peak union for public school teachers – began a publicity blitz in 18 marginal seats, claiming the government has cut funding to public schools while seeking to appease the Catholic sector.

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