The new government has inherited a problem that no one wants to talk about: the deep inequality of funding between public and private and independent schools.
That discrepancy is most evident when it comes to the way that students with disabilities are funded.
Today, senior reporter at The Saturday Paper Rick Morton reveals the $600 million funding shortfall for students with a disability in the public system.
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Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton.
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