Fact Check: Christopher Pyne's claims on private schools and religion get mixed verdicts

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Fact Check: Christopher Pyne's claims on private schools and religion get mixed verdicts

5 Nov 2015

RMIT ABC Fact Check

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Fact Check: Christopher Pyne's claims on private schools and religion get mixed verdicts

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Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Christopher Pyne claims Australia has the highest proportion of non-government schools in the OECD, and almost all of them are religious.
Verdict: No and Yes

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation 2015

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open

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26 May 2020

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