Expenditure on education and training in Australia: update and analysis

Analysis conducted by the Mitchell Institute in 2014 examined Australia's expenditure on education and training over the last decade. The paper found that Australian governments had been clearly prioritising their investment in some aspects of education over others - with schools and universities the beneficiaries and vocational education and training (VET) in relative decline. This divergence also highlighted the absence of an explicit, or even apparent, policy logic or rationale to investment across the education continuum, and across the nation. It appears that public policy and funding set... Show more

Authors: Noonan, Peter; Burke, Gerald; Wade, Andrew; Pilcher, Sarah

Published: Melbourne, Victoria, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University, 2015

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: ii, 8 p.

Access item: http://www.mitchellinstitute.org.au/reports/expenditure-on-education-and-training-in-australia-update-and-analysis/

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