An article in today’s Age covers the issue of School Community Safety Orders, and includes comment from Parents Victoria. We reported on the introduction of these orders in July, and raised concerns and questions about unintended consequences of the orders. The Age article reveals that three orders have been enforced since they were introduced in
A recent article in the Age covers the election promises both the major parties are making on education, and mentions Parents Victoria. According to the article: “Labor and the Coalition have made election promises totalling $5.3 billion on education but ignored a key request from lobby group Parents Victoria to fully fund Victorian government schools.”
Nine News has published a report on the threat to school camps arising from unfunded changes to teachers’ conditions. According to the report: School principals are warning they will have to axe student camps or hit parents with a big fee hike from next year unless the Victorian Government delivers more funding. New rules for
The Age has published an article today about a recent report that criticised Australia’s widespread school closures. According to the article, “The review of Australia’s COVID-19 response found it was wrong to close schools en masse, particularly when they weren’t seen as high-transmission environments.” Parents Victoria’s CEO, Gail McHardy was approached by the Age for
Food for thought – here’s our ‘school lunch order’ for the coming State Election. Here’s what we’d like to see for the future of Victorian education. We’ll be asking the parties contesting the election: can you fill our order? Download our Election ‘school lunch order’
The Age reports today on the surge in requests for assistance from State Schools’ Relief – a charity that provides school essentials to disadvantaged students. According to the article, “State Schools’ Relief said student requests for items such as school uniforms, dongles and headphones had grown by more than a quarter during the pandemic.” Parents
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Their ancestral ties to country have never been extinguished, and sovereignty never ceded.
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