1. Pyne meets Ministers
Education Minister Christopher Pyne will meet with his State counterparts today after announcing earlier in the week that the Government will dump Labor’s Gonski school funding model. Pyne said he would honour funding for 2014 but beyond that, new deals will be negotiated.
NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia Education Minsters are angry over his move, and all insist that agreements for funding over the next six years were signed off under the previous government and must be honoured.
2. 14-year-old Krystal Muhieddine is missing. Here’s how you can help.
Police in Sydney say they have serious concerns for a teenage girl who has not been seen for more than three days. Krystal Muhieddine left her home at Hunters Hill in the city’s north-west about 5:30am Tuesday. The 14-year-old did not tell her family where she was going and they have not heard from the teenager since. For more on this please read this post – and share it to help find Krystal.“Missing Krystal Muhieddine. Can you help?”
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3. That "shorts ban" is an echo of "old school" thinking and is extremely unwise in our hot climate. Shorts can be a much more modest option actually so I'd advise these parents to ignore the ruling completely.
4. The arrogance of conservative Christians never fails to amaze me.
Southern Baptists seem to be the most fascist & aggressive of all the religious groups and there's no way that any single mother should EVER allow their children to go anywhere near these creeps.
5. That asylum seeker family have been through enough and should be allowed to stay. It's not their fault or their device to have their baby born prematurely, so there's their proof of genuine need.
8. The guy depicted in this clip is a real douche-bag and I'd say that the world would better off without his type.
There's a very useful saying that "What you focus on - expands".
Sadly, in this Louise's case she appears to have focussed on AND surrounded herself with abuse in her fantasy life AND her real life.
11. XMAS is a season and a tradition which is celebrated in our society.
It's not a religious time for most these days.....it's mostly about Santa Clause & presents & Xmas trees & family gatherings and Xmas greetings. The Americans are missing the point about Xmas when they refer to this time as "The Holidays" because what may have started out as a religious observance has (I think) turned into something much better - something for everyone.
#3 headline should read 'School bans Shorts' I think?
I have a sneaking sympathy for the UK school wanting to ban the mention of Christmas - December 1st used to be the start up date,; now all the decos are up at the beginning of November and Christmas stock in the supermarkets at the beginning of October! I'm feeling a bah humbug moment coming on ...
Bah humbug indeed. Can we get this woman over here, introducing regulations banning Christmas advertising and decorations in shops until December 1st?
When she's done that, she can bring in a similar ban on Easter advertising and product sales until the first full moon after the autumn equinox (Easter Sunday is defined as: "The first Sunday after the first full moon after the autumn equinox." That's why the date jumps about all over the place.}.
No more chocolate bunnies in January, and no more tinsel in November!