Advocating for Catholic school parents
Parent Representatives from across NSW and ACT had the opportunity to listen to and ask Shadow Minister for Education, The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, questions during the Term 1 CCSP Council Meeting.
Ms Plibersek told the meeting that Labor will make no funding changes to Catholic and Independent schools and will have an "open door " policy for Catholic schools if elected to government at the 2022 election.
Cheryl Murphy from Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle asked Ms Plibersek how Labor would “better support Catholic schools to be more accessible for students with diverse learning needs and support them in their education journey.”
Ms Plibersek responded “this is the most underdeveloped area of school funding”.
You can read a full report in an article in The Catholic Weekly.