The New South Wales Liberal government said on March 11 that it planned to force schools to bear the responsibility for its latest funding cuts.
The government did not consult the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) before releasing the 鈥淟ocal Schools, Local Decisions鈥 and 鈥淓mpowering Local Schools鈥 initiatives, which it claimed would deliver 鈥渁utonomy鈥 to local public schools.
In reality, the move is a smokescreen that forces public school principals to implement the government cuts of $250 million a year.
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Healesville-based group, MyEnvironment, has lost a court case it mounted against government body VicForests over the logging of Victoria鈥檚 central highlands areas that include habitat for the endangered Leadbeater鈥檚 Possum.
Justice Robert Osborn handed down his decision in the Supreme Court on March 14. He refused to order a stop to logging in three forest coupes at Toolangi, including in late 2011.
Of all the people infuriated by billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer鈥檚 March 20 claim that the Greens are funded by the CIA, it is not hard to imagine the angriest were heads of the Murdoch media.
Having declared in an Australian editorial in 2010 its intention to 鈥渄estroy the Greens鈥, the Murdoch press has worked hard to relentlessly spin a tale of the political party as far left lunatics 鈥 old-style commies in green T-shirts.
Members of took Melbourne Council to court on March 20 over its attacks on the movement last year.
Occupy Melbourne said: 鈥淗earings commence today at the Federal Court as part of the legal challenge against the City of Melbourne鈥檚 response to the peaceful Occupy Melbourne protests held throughout the city since October 2011.
This video tells the story of the police invasion of the Nyoongar Tent Embassy on Thurs March 22.
The on March 16 into the January 2011 flood that submerged parts of suburban Brisbane. There have been very few more expensive exercises in irrelevance than this 658-page report.
This is what the Nyoongar Tent Embassy looked like before the police invaded. This photo was taken on Thursday March 22,聽about one hour before the police arrived.
One of my first jobs as a junior reporter was to meet flights bringing famous people to Australia.
Growing up in a country far from everywhere (except, as my father would say, "where you come from"), I was led to believe that Australia's honour was at risk unless a well-known person from Over There said something flattering about us, preferably the moment they arrived at Sydney airport.
Liam Flenady, the , released the statement below on March 21.
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The Socialist Alliance declares its full support for the Sovereign Embassy Brisbane, established by the Murri community in Musgrave Park, South Brisbane, on March 13.
The released the statement below on March 20.
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The Darwin Asylum Seeker Support and Advocacy Network (DASSAN) has been informed that an Iranian man in Darwin鈥檚 Northern Immigration Detention Centre (NIDC) swallowed parts of a light bulb today as a form of self harm. The man is detained in the North 2 compound that has seen large numbers of suicide attempts and self-harm incidents this year.
More than 100 activists and refugee campaigners gathered on March 17 for the first protest held at the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) detention centre in Pinkenba. The protest was organised by the .
Originally intended as a centre to house people who had overstayed their visas, due to the overcrowding in other detention centres in Australia BITA now serves as yet another refugee detention centre.
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