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Recent headlines . . .
Unnecessary costs?
NSW - The Greens have accused the Rees Government of charging unnecessary administration fees to implement the education stimulus package.
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Chief Minister investigates safe route to school
NT - Nothern Territory Chief Minister Paul Henderson is investigating whether students at Palumpa, near Port Keats, are being forced to cross a billabong with saltwater crocodiles to get to school during the wet season.
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Fraud charges laid
WA - Police have said the Muslim Ladies College of Australia has unlawfully received over $1 million in funding.
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School must 'improve teacher safety'
NSW - 'The Daily Telegraph' has reported on a high school where two notices have allegedly been issued by the Department of Education and Training.
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Fire danger
SA - Many schools on the West Coast and Lower Eyre Peninsula have been closed as a precaution against fires.
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Fee challenge postponed
QLD - Nationals Senate leader, Barnaby Joyce, will not challenge the reintroduction of student union-type fees until the Queensland election is over.
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Director-General supports ban
WA – The Director-General of the WA Education Department, Sharyn O'Neill, has said she would support schools that proposed to ban mobile phone use on school grounds.
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Healthy eating standards too high for some schools
QLD - Many Queensland school canteens are failing to meet the State Government's Smart Choices food requirements.
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Opinion . . .
Much work to be done to improve attendance
NATIONAL - This opinion piece in 'The Australian' contends that Education Minister, Julia Gillard, and Families Minister, Jenny Macklin, need to 'produce a national plan to reduce truancy rates' of indigenous children.
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Good News . . .
A literacy teacher who loves her work
WA - Teacher at Bridgetown Primary School, Jillian Wilks, speaks about her fulfilling role as a literacy specialist teacher and calls for volunteers for the Support A Reader program.
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International . . .
School's poor condition in spotlight
USA - President Barack Obama has mentioned the dilapidated state of J.V. Martin Junior High in a speech.
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Five convicted after 2002 collapse
ITALY - Five people have been convicted for their contribution to a school collapse that killed 27 children and teacher in 2002.
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ERRATUM. Readers are alerted to an error that appeared in the 24 February 2009 issue of ‘ACEL FastNews’. The article was titled ‘No school camp? Blame climate change’ and our editorial staff provided the following synopsis: ‘Canterbury Primary School has cancelled a year 4 camp citing 'climate change and risk management'. The full newspaper article can be found here:
FastText sincerely apologises to Canterbury Primary School’s principal, Ms Anne Tonkin, for any embarrassment or discomfort caused by our use of the word ‘cancelled’ instead of ‘postponed’ in relation to the date change of a school camp. The error was an unintentional misinterpretation of the newspaper report.
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