Our Muslims-first prime minister tries to bribe Yudhoyono

Australian Conservative ^ | November 3, 2010 | B.P. Terpstra

[AustralianConservative]

We now face a choice in Australia. The choice is between funding poor public schools in Australia, or trying to fund Islamic schools in Indonesia, for we cannot have both. In outback towns here, classrooms are crying out for basic renovations.

Furthermore, radical teaching in Islamic schools is a law-and-order issue, so creating more supposedly moderate Islamic schools is not the answer. Indeed, Labor could be unintentionally creating fires for more interreligious tensions by supporting Islamic schools over Hindu and Christian ones.

Yes, education revolutions are the bane of all socialist societies – and how can Gillard keep an eye on Australia’s money in Indonesia when she fails even the most basic accountability tests at home?

Voters have also expressed concerns around the inconsistencies between Gillard’s rhetoric and her actions. When in power, does she turn completely feral?

[AustralianConservative]

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[Oztrich Boy]

I don’t think it’s fair to accuse Jules of not funding renovations to Australian schools. There are a lot of brass plaques around the country telling a different story.

[naturalman1975]

Constitutionally, it is not the Federal government’s responsibility to fund government schools. It is the responsibility of the state governments. I certainly do not like Gillard or her politics or policies - but on the issue of school funding, blame needs to be placed where it belongs.

[AustralianConservative]

You are right, there are many plaques telling a story - a government-approved story. The “education revolution” is half propaganda, half wasteful spending.

[AustralianConservative]

So Julia Gillard’s promises to the people were based on a
a big lie?

By the way, for her to take glory for some issues and not the blame for others is laughable.

[naturalman1975]

Which ‘promises to the people’ are you talking about? It’s very possible that Gillard lied - she’s a Labor politician and they often do.

But the funding of schools is primarily, first and foremost a state issue. Federal governments will fund certain initiatives at times (not always successfully - the ‘Building an Education Revolution’ initiative has obviously lead to a lot of bad projects) and they provide a certain amount of extra funding to schools, but when schools are underfunded, the blame for that always lies with the states - it is their responsibility to fund their education systems.

I want Gillard to take the blame for every Federal issue that goes wrong. I want Brumby, Keneally, Bligh, Rann, Bartlett and Barnett taking the blame for state issues that go wrong.

And I want the Constitution and Constitutional Conventions of Australia to be followed and under these education is primarily a matter for the states, not the Commonwealth.