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[–] lurkulongtime 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The school received more than $76 million in financial assistance from the Commonwealth between 2012 and 2015.

$76 million in tax payer dollars over the past three years and they couldn't account for how that money was being spent. I wonder if this kind of money was being given to each of their 5 schools also. This is a disgusting rip off of the Aussie tax payer. No wonder the federal budget is in the red. A quick Wikipedia search also outlines some of the controversies with this school.

In 2008 Malek Fahd Islamic School was criticised for not allowing under performing students to sit the Higher School Certificate (HSC), resulting in unfairly high HSC results reported for the school. The school denied distorting exam results.[9] In 2010 the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC) received $5.2 million from the school which is approximately one third of the money received from the federal and state governments.[10] In 2012 the NSW government demanded the repayment of $9 million passed from school to the AFIC.[11][12] In November 2013 the school faced closure due to problems associated with its attendance-approvals, its HSC curriculum, educational quality, safe environment and its buildings.[2][11] In December 2013 the school won a reprieve,[5] with the NSW Board of Studies agreeing to a further year of registration.[13] In November 2015 the school sought an injunction in the NSW Supreme Court to remove the governance of the AFIC.[14][15 In February 2016 the federal government said it will revoke its $20 million funding to the school. It was reported that the "feud" between the school board and the AFIC had escalated to the point where security was required at the school for "fear it could escalate into violence".[16][17] Subsequently a phantom loan, mystery payments and undeclared conflicts of interest were identified by a federal government investigation.[18] In March 2016 the school cut its ties to the AFIC.[19] In January 2017 the school lost its government funding.

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[–] blipblipbeep [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That wiki info was a good find, thanks for posting.

peace...