The policy is based on the idea that schooling is essentially a commodity purchased by individual families, leading to the educational system becoming more market-based and "choice-oriented," encouraging school marketisation and viewing education as a consumer product (Riddle, 2014). Imposing these individualistic, market-oriented policies resulted in a rapid increase in educational inequality due to political schisms, with the government allocating more funds to private schools than public schools. Due to funding disparities, educational opportunities vary by income level, with higher-income students having better access to resources, qualified teachers, modern facilities, extracurricular activities, and advanced courses (ABC News, 2012). These findings strongly indicate that there have been growing concerns about school funding in Australia for many years and that the current school framework needs to be more sustainable.