Australia: Leaked report slanders Shepparton school teachers for alleged “systemic racism”
The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) last month published details of a leaked Department of Education internal review that accused teachers at Greater Shepparton Secondary College (GSSC) of racism and “cultural exclusion.”
The ABC article, which appeared without a by-line, came just days after violent brawls at the school in regional Victoria. These involved an emergency lockdown, with police and paramedics called and one student hospitalised.
The leaked report has all the hallmarks of a government organised provocation. There can be little doubt that the Department of Education review was leaked with the knowledge and approval of figures within the state Labor government.
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Xue said the Chinese government would donate 100,000 doses.
“I’ve been talking to the health department for the procedures to get approval for the PNG government,” he said.
“We hope the vaccine could be here as soon as possible, so that people can get injection to protect themselves.”
Xue said since the Covid-19 outbreak, both nations had been working together to fight the virus.
Last week, National Pandemic Controller David Manning told The National that they were working with Australia on what vaccine was best for PNG.
“The National Control Centre continues to provide that dialogue between PNG and Australian authorities as well as the World Health Organisation (WHO),” Manning said.
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Australia: Facebook bans access to news content
Social media giant Facebook has restricted all Australian news media organisations from posting content to the platform from February 18, blocking all users domestically and internationally from viewing or sharing Australian-produced news. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Australian affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in condemning a move that gravely undermines press freedom in the country Facebook has restricted all Australian news media organisations from posting content to its platform. Credit: Sydney Morning Herald
Facebook initiated the block in response to the proposed News Media Bargaining Code, currently being discussed in Parliament, which would require tech giants to pay for Australian news shared on platforms such as Facebook and Google. From February 18, Australian users attempting to post links from news sites on the platform encountered an erro
Australia: Inquiry reveals chronic under funding and lengthy wait times for South-West Sydney health services
A New South Wales (NSW) parliamentary inquiry report released at the end of last year has revealed that health services in the working class suburbs of South-West Sydney have experienced historic under funding by successive governments, with lower overall funding and numbers of health workers per capita than most areas of Sydney. This has resulted in wait times of over 500 days for some procedures.
South-West Sydney is one of the largest local health districts (LHD) in NSW, with an estimated population of over one million residents around 12 percent of the NSW population. The district includes the suburbs of Liverpool, Canterbury-Bankstown, Fairfield, Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly, which have high levels of socioeconomic disadvantage and low rates of private health insurance.