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We’ve come a long way on gender diversity but what about class? How networks of private school privilege dominate Australian society

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In 2021, the coach of the Perth-based West Coast Eagles Australian rules football team said recruits who attended public schools and came from single-parent families are too costly to manage off-field and the club might be better off concentrating on private school boys from stable families.

His comments came a year after a...

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