commissioned by the Gillard Government. There were concerns from the Opposition and other faith-based education providers that the needs-based funding model the Government proposed to adopt would disproportionately affect faith-based schools. In response, Fisher welcomed the Government's decision to adopt a needs-based funding model but decried its falling short of what Gonski recommended in his original report. He also denied all allegations that the Catholic Church was asking for special treatment for its schools with respect to funding and stated that whilst, on a cursory examination, needs-based funding seemed equitable, it would disproportionately affect students from poor socioeconomic backgrounds in low-fee Catholic schools. Writings Notes References 1960 births Living people Alumni of Blackfriars, Oxford Australian Dominicans Australian people of Anglo-Irish descent Australian people of Basque descent Australian people of Italian descent Australian people of Romanian descent Australian solicitors Bioethicists Dominican bishops Members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith People with Guillain–Barré syndrome Pontifical Academy for Life Roman Catholic archbishops of Sydney Roman Catholic bishops of Parramatta University of Sydney alumni Australian Roman Catholic archbishops