About 200 workers face an uncertain future in the lead up to Christmas with the announcement of the closure of the Rasp Mine in the New South Wales outback town of Broken Hill.
Should our governments be insisting on a future national redundancy network that any provider could help build and then call on in times of crisis, like yesterday with Optus?
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On average, public schools certainly get more money, but they enrol the highest-needs kids from the highest-cost families in the highest-cost locations. Anyone can find this out with a couple of mouse clicks on the My School website.