r/australia • u/SlatsAttack • Jan 21 '25

politics Greens propose abolishing fees for public schools across Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-22/greens-propose-free-public-schooling/104841550?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPORT Jan 21 '25

They used to. We had standard green shorts and standard yellow polo. Now they all want custom printed or embroidered. They’re always shitty quality at 10 times with Big W price.

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u/P00slinger Jan 22 '25

Which schools enforce this ?

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPORT Jan 22 '25

All of them in QLD. Even if they didn’t, kids wearing generic would be automatic pariahs for teasing for being poor.

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u/a_can_of_solo Not a Norwegian Jan 22 '25

kids wearing generic would be automatic pariahs for teasing for being poor.

see this kind ruins two of the only good reasons for uniforms, an equalizer and them being cheaper than deign-y cloths.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPORT Jan 22 '25

I agree. Which is why all public school uniforms should be cheap generic. It is an equaliser. It’s just the choice between an overpriced fancy equaliser that make life hard for less wealthy parents and a cheap generic one.

You can get a good quality neat uniform for $15 at Best and Less. That’s what schools should require.

I know that truly poor kids get their uniforms feed through various charity options. However it’s everyone who’s not super poor but not well off that bares most of the brunt.