Education Spending

So, Victorian students get less money spent on them, according the Productivity Commission. The article is in The Age here:

 

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/pressure-builds-on-education-spending/2008/01/30/1201369229697.html

 

We're the lowest funded in the country, $1000 less than NSW and $2000 less than WA.

 

Bronwyn Pike gave the predictable line, which of course cannot be proven: "our education system is one of the most efficient". Bronwyn is confusing frugality with efficiency. Not spending money does not make you efficient. But she doesn't care that our students work in appalling conditions. I know that she wouldn't work in the conditions she expects us to work in. But she doesn't care, she's comfortable.