Sweetheart deals exposed: wealthy Catholic schools benefit from 'corruption' of Gonski

By Matthew Knott
Updated November 11 2016 - 11:23am, first published October 12 2016 - 6:38am
Many Catholic schools are receiving more government funding than they are entitled to under the Gonski forumla.  Photo: Michele Mossop
Many Catholic schools are receiving more government funding than they are entitled to under the Gonski forumla. Photo: Michele Mossop

Catholic schools in wealthy suburbs across Australia are being significantly overfunded by taxpayers, with some receiving up to four times their appropriate funding levels under sweetheart deals struck in the dying days of the Rudd government.