Labor MPs’ schooling is reflective of the current school aged population, but more Coalition and independent MPs went to private school.
Private school graduates are over-represented in the nation’s parliament, with data revealing more than half of Independent and Coalition MPs attended non-government schools.
Coalition shadow minister Angus Taylor also attended King’s, Paul Fletcher went to Sydney Grammar, Andrew Hastie went to Scots and opposition leader Peter Dutton went to St Paul’s – a private school in Brisbane. The analysis is based on data on MPs’ school backgrounds compiled by think tank Per Capita. Where no high school information was available, schooling information was subsequently obtained by theWhen it comes to Labor, public, Catholic and private school alumni reflect the current split of students in Australia’s schools. About 60 per cent of Labor MPs went to public school compared to 57 per cent of the current school-aged population.
“Judith Anderson – she was my English teacher and left me with a lifelong love of Jane Austen, William Shakespeare and John Donne,” he said.
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