Australia issues 700 arrest warrants

South Australian Department for Education and Child Development has issued nearly 700 arrest warrants for parents who have failed to pay public school fees of their children.

The Australian education department prosecuted some 2,000 families last financial year over unpaid fees, the Guardian reported on Thursday.

The department has said that the warrants, which were issued in 2013, are meant for parents who fail to attend court hearings or comply with previous court orders on their unpaid debts, and that “no parents have been incarcerated as a result of this recovery action.”

The president of the South Australian Primary Principals Association, Pam Kent, said, “The people who are not paying the fees are the ones who can afford it.”

She added, “I think they take the definition of public education as free schooling very literally. But really, it’s a very small amount of money for a fantastic service.”

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