The Gonski report devoted a whole section of 35 pages to fairness under the heading Equity and Disadvantage (section 3). But this has now disappeared. 

Commonwealth funding for all schools, public and private, was supposed to be calculated according to a new Schooling Resource Standard, comprising, at that time, an amount of $9271 per primary school student and $12,193 per high school student.

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Those schools teaching students with disabilities, for example, would be treated with fairness by receiving extra money through “loadings” to cover the extra costs needed to give such students a quality education.

The Gonski plan not only sought fairness in providing for ongoing recurrent funding but also for providing funding for school buildings. If this plan had been implemented, most demountable classrooms would be replaced.

Importantly, the Gonski report of 2011 was based on evidence collected from visiting 39 schools and consulting with 71 key education groups across Australia.

That evidence was the basis for 41 recommendations to be implemented by state and federal governments working together.

So why is the Morrison Government now ignoring the soundly based recommendations of Gonski?