Why Labor supports private school tax breaks

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Recently, Mike Seccombe has been looking into the divide between Australia’s richest and poorest schools – to find out why this gap keeps widening.

And what he found was a broken system. Rich parents are able to get huge tax breaks by donating to opulent building projects at their kids’ private schools.

It’s a practice that goes way back – and many argue – is outdated.

Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper and a proud state school boy, Mike Seccombe, on why we need an overhaul of the charitable giving system that delivers some kids castles.

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Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe