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Leading educational bodies have joined forces to demand the federal government stop the creation of school league tables. Education Minister Julia Gillard will early next year launch a website comparing Australian schools based on students academic results.
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Just two months ago, following the resignation of John Della Bosca, Nathan Rees said he had the cabinet he would take to the 2011 election. But after winning the right to choose his own cabinet at this weekend's party conference, he has again made changes...
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Ms Gillard this week gave principals from around the country their first look at a soon-to-be launched website which will compare nearby schools, or those that share a similar socio-economic profile, against each other. Schools will have a profile page...
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Almost 10,000 Australian schools will be profiled on www.myschool.edu.au when the website is launched in 2010. Test results, student characteristics and financial resources will be compared. Some educators are concerned the information will be used to...
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Education Minister Julia Gillard says she hopes it will be the first of a regular series of events. Ms Gillard says the topics for discussion will range from the new national curriculum to school infrastructure. "This is a new way of making sure I am...
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Minister Julia Gillard will bring 150 school principals to Canberra next month to discuss how the Federal Government can help them lift educational standards. The forum, to be held on November 10 and 11, will give Ms Gillard a chance to speak directly...
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Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has weighed into the debate over the Hey Het It's Saturday comedy skit that has been slammed as racist. The Red Faces skit, featuring men in blackface pretending to be the Jackson Five, has ignited a debate over racism.
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As minister for workplace relations, education and social inclusion, Ms Gillard, at 47, is "quite happy with what she's got at the moment", according to Ms Kent. "She's not going to go to the backbench and destabilise the party, she's not a Paul Keating,"she...
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Mr Abbott was thrown out of the chamber during yesterday's question time for pacing across the floor while Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard was attacking the Opposition over its refusal to bring back individual workplace agreements. It is thought...
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Leaving Federal Parliament on Thursday night, Mr Abbot said Ms Gillard had been sporting a "shit-eating grin" during Question Time...I think I was doing what I normally do in Question Time, which is I spent a bit of time laughing and joking with some...
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