Peter Dutton would ‘dictate’ what students are taught, education minister warns private school sector

Exclusive: Opposition leader has opened the doors' to abolishing the department of education and cutting funding to schools, Jason Clare claims

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The education minister has written to the peak independent and Catholic school bodies, warning a Peter Dutton government will dictate" what students are taught and promising private school funding will remain unchanged under Labor.

Jason Clare's emails - sent to the executive director of the National Catholic Education Commission, Jacinta Collins, and the CEO of Independent Schools Australia, Graham Catt - warned Dutton had opened the doors" to abolishing the Department of Education and cutting funding to schools.

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