Some answers

Okay.

Done some digging.

Apparently, federal laws always overrule state laws.

The National School Chaplaincy Programme was launched in an address by the GG on 23rd April, 2007. According to the (then) GG, "as we contemplate the total order, beauty and harmony of the universe, it seems to have all the hallmarks of some greater being or force responsible for, and in total control of it".

With all due respect, was the GG a physicist or astronomer? Anyone even vaguely qualified to comment on the universe?

Additionally, "...unlike plants and animals, whose biological growth is guided and controlled by the laws of nature, man I suggest has been given something else - a special quality, a divine spark which makes us different, animates us and, I would suggest, underpins our values".

So the then GG denies that evolution can shape complex behaviours such as morality. I know of an evolutionary psychologist or two that would disagree.

Hypothetically, how would a science teacher teach evolution in an environment in which the school chaplain has spoken again the applicability of evolutionary principles to the study of humans?

Also, there have been some funding increases since the institution of the Programme. According to the information available from the '07-'08 Budget (need to get newer numbers, I know) the Programme has been allocated some additional funding: 07-08 11.5$m; 08-09 24.3$m; 09-10 34.3$m; 10-11 5.0$m.

And to end, a quote from the former GG:
"I think it borders on the tragic, that young people might live their whole lives without an opportunity to participate in a faith that promises resurrection after death to a new and greater life with an eternal dimension. And that in part, is why the school chaplain is so important."

- Amy