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Minister for Health. Education and the Arts
Education Administration
Legislative Assembly Question No 174
Mr Wood - asked the Minister for Health, Education and the Arts on 31 May 1990:
What is the cost of the "administration" component of education in the ACT and the states and Australia generally?
Mr Humphries: the answer to Ptr Woods question is as follows:
The Australian Education Councils Summary (table attached) from the National Schools Statistics Collection (1990) indicates the following "out-of-school" expenditure for the financial year 1988/89:
State/Territory Amount
ACT 13.9
Northern Territory 19.1
Tasmania 24.5
Western Australia 57.7
South Australia 59.7
Queensland 71.2
New South Wales 158.0
Victoria 179.3
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Total for Australia: 583 5 (rounded)
In cost per student terms these figures show the following relationship:
Queensland 185
New South Wales 210
Western Australia 274
South Australia 322
Victoria 338
ACT 342
Tasmania 376
Northern Territory 732
These differences largely reflect diseconomies of scale affecting the smaller education systems.
The Priorities Review Board Report, Priorities for Improved Public Sector Mann, cpment notes at paragraph 6.43 "that given the diseconomies of scale involved in delivering quality education services to such a small population, the ACT does not compare unfavourably with the States. This has been supported by a study carried out jointly by the ACT Treasury and the Department of Education and made available to the Board".
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