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“It’s just really reactive planning, as opposed to proactive planning.”

That’s how a parent at one of Brisbane’s biggest schools describes the government’s approach to our bursting-at-the-seams education system, where large school cohorts are managed by split start times and staggered lunch breaks.

Suburban Futures director Ross Elliott agrees the city’s social infrastructure has not been keeping pace with population growth .

“I think in the last 10 to 20 years, we’ve spent too much time patting ourselves on the…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU