[Greens-Media] NSW Government must move on private school principals salary secrecy

[John Kaye]

NSW Government must move on private school principals salary secrecy

Media Release: 12 September 2006

It is time that private schools were forced to release details of 
their principals' salary packages according to Greens NSW Education 
spokesperson, John Kaye.

Commenting on a story in today's Sydney Morning Herald (page 3), Dr 
Kaye said:  "Private schools in NSW receive more than $2 billion in 
federal and state subsidies each year. The public has a right to know 
how this money is being spent, including principals' salaries.

"Dredging out arguments about privacy and the acrimony of past 
debates does not excuse private schools from their obligation to be 
publicly accountable.

"This veil of secrecy is bad policy.  As long as governments continue 
to pour money into private schools, they should be open to public scrutiny.

"The NSW state government has an obligation to lift the lid on the 
secrecy that surrounds private school finances. Without accurate data 
on how the state's funding is being spent, there is a real risk that 
some of the publics' money is being squandered on creating massive 
salary differentials between principals in private and government 
schools," Dr Kaye said.



For more information:       John Kaye 0407 195 455


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John Kaye
phone: 0407 195 455
email: john at nsw.greens.org.au
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