The NT has the most underfunded public schools on average in the country, the Albanese Government has said, and is not on track to fully fund them until 2050, while the teachers’ union has called on the Federal Government to follow an expert panel review on school finances and double its contribution to Territory schools to meet the shortfall.
Meanwhile, NT Education Minister Mark Monaghan would not tell the NT Independent when NT public schools would be fully funded and would not say what percentage of the cost of schooling students his government provided last year.
Is it less funding for schools to hire more public servants in Darwin in a election year?