Catholic schools arguing for more funding are making a last ditch intervention in the Longman by-election to highlight Labor's policies.
Every Longman household with a child at a Catholic school is being sent a letter from the Catholic Education Office noting the differences between Labor and Liberal education policies.
"The ALP has committed to school funding levels that would see Catholic schools nationally receive an extra $250 million over the two school years, following the first Labor budget," the letter released on Friday says.
Similar letters were sent out in the Batman by-election in Victoria earlier this year, which Labor won ahead of the Greens despite being an underdog going into the contest.
Catholic schools have been arguing against the coalition's school funding policy after it was changed to a needs-based model, where funding was taken from richer schools and moved to poorer ones.
"Comparing the (coalition's) new model to the previous model, Brisbane Catholic schools will be disadvantaged in the order of $40 million," the letter says.
The government is reviewing the methodology it uses to decide which schools are richer, after complaints from the Catholic education sector.
"Catholic school communities want this to be assessed using more relevant data," the letter says.
Labor holds Longman but polls show it is on a knife-edge, with One Nation's preferences likely to be key to deciding the result.
No opposition has lost a by-election to the government in 98 years.
