John Bangma News Today

$31k on air filter maintenance and $17k on doors: Schools are struggling with upkeep costs and flash new buildings are making the problem worse.

Thegovernmentispromisingtoextendlearningsupporttothousandsmoredisabledchildrenthroughasubstantialoverhaulofthe$1.2billionspecialeducationsystem.

The government is promising to extend learning support to thousands more disabled children through a substantial overhaul of the $1.2 billion special education system.

The pandemic and the government's $64 million donation scheme combined to cut roughly $170m from schools' locally-raised income last year.