Footnotes

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[1]        Australian Council of State School Organisations Inc, Submission 14, p. 2.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, 2013, p. 4048.

[3]        See for example, National Education Commission, Submission 11, p. 2;  Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), Submission 8, p. 1.

[4]        Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 6. See also, Australian Parents Council Inc, Submission 16, p. 4; See also, Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, Submission 8, p. 1 (discusses 'the need for a rapid and satisfactory outcome in funding negotiations that provides a consistent and stable revenue base for schools to plan their activities').

[5]        Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Legislation Committee, Inquiry into the Australian Education Bill 2012 [Provisions], March 2013.

[6]        Australian Education Bill 2013, Revised explanatory memorandum, p. 50; Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 11.

[7]        Australian Education Bill 2013, Revised explanatory memorandum, p. 50.

[8]        Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights, Eighth Report of 2013, June 2013, p. 69.

[9]        Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 6 of 2013, 19 June 2013, p. 7.

[10]      Australian Education Bill 2013, Revised explanatory memorandum, p. 2.

[11]      Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 5.

[12]      Australian Education Bill 2013, Revised explanatory memorandum, p. 2.

[13]      Australian Education Bill 2013, clause 34.

[14]      The Smith Family, Submission 6, p. 2.

[15]      Christian Schools Australia, Submission 5, p. 1.

[16]      Australian Education Bill 2013, Revised explanatory memorandum, p. 3.

[17]      Australian Association of Christian Schools Limited, Submission 1, section 13.

[18]      See for example, National Catholic Education Commission, Submission 11, p. 2; Children with Disability Australia, Submission 13, p. 5.

[19]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 15, p. 7.

[20]      Australian Education Bill 2013, Revised explanatory memorandum, p. 5.

[21]      Australian Education Bill 2013, Revised explanatory memorandum, pp 5–6.

[22]      See for example, Association of Heads of Independent Schools Australia, Submission 8, p. 4.

[23]      Australian Education Bill 2013, Part 3, Division 5.

[24]      Australian Education Bill 2013, Part 9, Division 3.

[25]      Australian Education Bill 2013, Part 8.

[26]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 15, p. 13.

[27]      Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Submission 15, p. 13.

[28]      See for example, Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 2; Australian Parents Council, Submission 16, p. 2.

[29]      See for example, Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 2.

[30]      See for example, Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 7; Children with Disability Australia, Submission 13, pp 5–6.

[31]      See for example, Australian Council of State School Organisations, Submission 14, p. 2.

[32]      Australian Education (Consequential and transitional provisions) Bill 2013, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[33]      Australian Education (Consequential and transitional provisions) Bill 2013, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[34]      Australian Education (Consequential and transitional provisions) Bill 2013, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 2.

[35]      Mr Peter Garrigan, President, Australian Council of State School Organisations, Proof Committee Hansard, 1 March 2013, p. 19.

COALITION SENATORS' DISSENTING REPORT

[1]        House Standing Committee on Education and Employment, Inquiry into the Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, 19 June 2013.

[2]        Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 4.

[3]        Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 3, p. 7.

[4]        Queensland Government, Submission 3, Attachment 2, p. 1. See also, Tasmanian Government, Submission 12.

[5]        See, for example, Christian Schools Australia, Submission 5, p. 2. See also, for example, Catholic Education Office of Western Australia, Submission 9, p. 1; National Parents Council, Submission 16, p. 2.

[6]        Australian Parents Council, Submission 16, p. 4.

[7]        Australian Parents Council, Submission 16, p. 4.

[8]        Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 2. See also, for example, Christian Schools Australia, Submission 5, p. 2; Australian Parents Council, Submission 16, p. 1.

[9]        Tasmanian Government, Submission 12, p. 2.

[10]      See, for example, The Weekend Australian, 22 June 2013, available at www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/gonski-reforms-facing-a-constitutional-challenge/story-fn59niix-1226667834572

[11]      Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 3. See also, for example, Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 6.

[12]      Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 5.

[13]      The Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, Submission 8, p. 4.

[14]      Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Alert Digest No. 6 of 2013, 19 June 2013, p. 7.

[15]      CDA, Submission 13, p. 5.

[16]      CDA, Submission 13, p. 6.

[17]      Mr Angelo Gavrielatos, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, p. 15.

[18]      Mr Norm Hart, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, pp 19–20.

[19]      Mr Chris Watt, Proof Committee Hansard, 21 June 2013, pp 28–29.

[20]      Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 2.

[21]      Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 3; Independent Schools Queensland, Submission 10, p. 3.

[22]      Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 3; Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 4, pp 7–8; Christian Schools Australia, Submission 4, p. 2; Australian Parents Council, Submission 16, 4.

[23]      Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 3; Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 7; Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, Submission 8, p. 3; Australian Parents Council, Submission 16, 4.

[24]      Tasmanian Government, Submission 12, pp 2–3; Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 3; Queensland Government, Submission 3, p. 3; National Catholic Education Commission, Submission 11, pp 2–3.

[25]      Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 3; Queensland Government, Submission 3, p. 2; Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 4, p. 7; Independent Schools Queensland, Submission 9, p. 3; Australian Parents Council, Submission 16, 4.

[26]      Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 1, p. 2.

[27]      Isolated Children's Parents' Association of Australia, Submission 2.

[28]      Children with Disability Australia, Submission 13.

[29]      See, for example, National Parents Council, Submission 16, p. 5.

[30]      Catholic Education office of Western Australia, Submission 9, p. 3.