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Broome: Medical students at interpreting centre
Notre Dame university students Sam Shales and Ruvani Weerasinghe
Two medical students from Notre Dame university’s Fremantle campus worked with Kimberley Interpreting Service recently.
This is their report:
Balgo kids schooling at Perth
A group of 14 Balgo kids are at a Catholic high school on Perth’s eastern outskirts.
inmycommunity [read this story]
Fitzroy Crossing: Appeal to return stolen Karrayili vehicle
Staff at Fitzroy Crossing’s Karrayili adult education centre say someone stole the school’s troopie last Tuesday.
It may have been abandoned in Broome. › Continue reading
Barry Haase on Opposition education policy
Barry Haase MHR
Local member Barry Haase today praised his party’s education policy announcement.
“If the Liberal Party is elected to Government we will increase and expand the existing Education Tax Rebate, ensure funding for the National School Chaplaincy Programme until 2014, redirect unspent BER ‘school halls’ funds directly to individual schools, move towards a nationally consistent curriculum and instigate a revision of the MySchool website,” he said.
You can read his statement here:
Barry Haase announces youth allowance policy
Barry Haase MHR
Local member Barry Haase says his party would relax the work test for independant youth allowance.
Mr Haase is the endorsed Liberal candidate for Durack.
You can read his statement here:
Labor candidate supports school chaplains program
Shane Hill
Labor candidate Shane Hill said he welcomes his party’s plan to extend the school chaplaincy program.
He said a re-elected Labor government will spend $222 million extending the program to schools that do not have a chaplain, and assuring continued funding to those that do.
You can read his media release here:
Kalumburu: School breakfast program
Kalumburu kids are getting a nutritious breakfast before school, thanks to Foodbank, local teachers and Perkins Shipping Group.
There are also breakfast programs at Oombulgurri, Wyndham, Kununurra, Warmun, Halls Creek, Ringer Soak, Mulan, Billiluna and Balgo.
Kimberley Echo [read this story]
Twiggy Forrest launches Halls Creek kids’ song
Mining entrepreneur Andrew Forrest is launching a schools competition for a song he commissioned called “Hands Across Australia”.
He said he got the idea for launching the competition when a group of Halls Creek District High School students learned it in 20 minutes.
The Australian [read this story]
Wyndham: Early learning centre wants minister to visit
Wyndham’s early learning centre wants education minister Liz Constable to visit next month.
Parents are concerned the planned new centre will lack community focus and will located where there is no room to expand.
Kimberley Echo [read this story]
Kununurra: Childcare centre misses out on funding
A proposed new after-school child care facility missed out on Royalties for Regions funding.
Members of the group who are trying to start the facility say it is needed to attract and retain workers.
Kimberley Echo [read this story]
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