Brisbane schooling costs hit $120,000 As a tutor who sees firsthand how financial pressures ripple through students’ lives, the headline that Brisbane state schooling now costs around $120,486 from Prep to Year 12 landed with a heavy thump in my news feed. Although Queensland state schools don’t charge formal tuition fees, this figure reflects the growing burden of ancillary costs  such as digital devices, uniforms, camps, transport and outside coaching that families must sho