October 20, 2009 – 12:03 pm
Last Friday Helen and Mark Hughes put their names to an opinion piece in The Australian entitled Authorities must not wag school.
In short the arguments that the Hughes’ make are that Federal, State and Territory governments abandon their responsibilities to students – particularly remote Aboriginal students – by the stealthy foreshortening of school terms and [...]
By Bob Gosford
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Posted in Art, Australian politics, NT local government, Northern Territory politics, Some places I've been, Stupidity, Writing and writers
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Also tagged ABC News, Andrew Bolt, Anglicare NT, Ann Buxton, Australian Education Union, central desert shire, Community Festivals for Education Engagement, Garma Miwatj Youth Forum, Gulkula, Helen Hughes, Homeland Learning Centres, Marion Scrymgour, Mark Hughes, Nadine Williams, National Indigenous Times, Norbert Patrick, NT Education Department, Rowan Foley, Senate Select Committee on Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities, The Australian, Ti-Tree, Yirrkala, Yothu Yindi Foundation
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October 4, 2009 – 9:50 pm
One time I nearly hit a cow, it was like really close!. I think by now I can distinguish dead cow, dead kangaroo, dead bird – by the smell (laughs). It is not very pleasant…sometimes it it get’s stuck in your nose.
