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The $40,000 a year private school’s new student centre, modelled on a Scottish baronial castle, will be completed two years late and millions over budget. ....
The Houston Independent School District board consists of nine members. None is a conservative. That will change soon, however, because conservative candidates won two seats in a runoff election on Saturday. One of them (a man who once lost his job with the city due to sexual harassment allegations) won by fewer than 100 votes in a district where turnout was less than seven percent. The other won more convincingly ....
Former attorney-general Christian Porter has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons for the past month or so, but 65 years ago it was his father Charles who was one of the most talked about – and admired - people in the country. When the Tokyo Olympics hopefully get underway later this year, those with long memories will recall the feats of Australia s Olympic greats going back through the decades. As names like Dawn Fraser, Betty Cuthbert, Murray Rose, Ian Thorpe, Kieren Perkins and Grant Hackett are rolled out in a steady stream of historic articles and documentaries, it is a fair bet that Charles Chilla Porter won t be mentioned. For a brief period back in 1956 though, he was right up there with the best of them. ....
Cheering ban looms for school swim carnivals Cheering was set to be banned from school swimming carnivals under a new COVID-19 Safe Plan. Health by Andrew Dawson Premium Content Subscriber only Cheering was set to be banned from school swimming carnivals at the indoor Sleeman Sports Complex (Chandler Aquatic Centre) and sport at the Nissan Arena under a Queensland Health COVID-19 Safe Plan. Traditional war cries and cheering at the swimming carnivals would be discouraged, while the decision could also impact the atmosphere at Brisbane Bullets matches at Nissan Arena. A Queensland Health spokesman said cheering restriction plans for both Sleeman Sports Complex (Chandler Aquatic Centre) and Nissan Arena were being devised. ....