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From ABC News again
ACT Education Minister Andrew Barr has survived a censure motion over his plans to close more than 20 schools.
Opposition education spokeswoman Vicki Dunne mounted the attack on Mr Barr, accusing him of breaking an election promise and describing his handling of the policy to close schools as appalling and amateurish.
Ms Dunne told […]

From ABC News
The ACT Government says it is ready for any legal challenges mounted over its plans to close more than 20 schools.
The Government is preparing a series of school open days starting this Friday to help families displaced by the changes.
There will be financial assistance available but parents’ groups are still unhappy with the […]

From ABC News
The ACT Government has almost halved the number of Canberra schools to be shut over the next three years.
Dickson college is among those to win a reprieve but it is bad news for dozens of others.
In the last Budget the Government unveiled plans to close 39 schools in a bid to save $34 […]

From the ABC news
The ACT’s Education Minister says he will take into account the views expressed in submissions about the Government’s plans to close 39 Canberra schools.
The deadline for written comments closed yesterday; Andrew Barr says more than 250 submissions were received.
He says the submissions will help the Government to fine-tune its final plan, to […]

From ABC News
The ACT Opposition will today begin legal action in an attempt to force the Territory Government to release documents relating to school closures.
Education spokeswoman Vicki Dunne says she will lodge an application with the ACT Administrative Appeals Tribunal to review the department’s decision.
She says she has already applied to the Government for access […]

From ABC news
The organisation representing the world’s richest nations says Australia spends less on pre-school education than the rest of the industrialised world.
In a report to be released tomorrow, the OECD study shows Australia spends only 0.1 per cent of its gross domestic product on formal pre-school education.
The report, previewed in The Australian newspaper, shows […]