The ACT's school budgets are grappling with ageing infrastructure and high staff wages, an inquiry has heard, hours after a report blasting the territory government's spending decisions was released.
A Legislative Assembly inquiry into the ACT's fiscal sustainability, which was established after the Greens and Liberals forced the government's hand in late 2025, heard from the education minister and directorate officials on Tuesday, May 19.
On Tuesday, economist Saul Eslake delivered his findings that the ACT government's "conscious policy decisions" to spend on services and infrastructure without raising revenue had led to the territory's deteriorating financial position.
