'An indictment': Private colleges rake in up to $260m a year from the government despite low completion rates

By Matthew Knott
Updated October 24 2016 - 4:08pm, first published 12:15am
Education Minister Simon Birmingham. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Education Minister Simon Birmingham. Photo: Louise Kennerley

Australia's biggest private colleges have received up to $264 million a year from taxpayers despite having completion rates as low as one in 10 students, new data reveals.

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