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When will we value and protect ‘the lucky country’ ?

On 3 November 2020 some Americans will vote. They will elect either a white man, or a white man. The repercussions for the western democratic world remain to be seen, but either way it will be an election of one of the same – no matter what they spew forth as campaign messages. The result…
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PM provides inspiration to help US, HELP our kids thru 2020
This morning, PM Morrison provided Australian parents an early Christmas present with the announcement of the NSW/NT/NZ travel bubble. While the PM was doing this, I was engaged in a deep conversation with medical professionals about the mental health crisis affecting our school kids in Sydney and the increased number of suicides of our northern…
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COVID-19: Where are we now?

I’ve just spent an hour zooming with infectious disease experts re: what individuals and communities can do given what we know about COVID-19. I have the privilege of being able to do this because I work at Sydney Uni. So I feel compelled to share what I have just learnt and hope you find it…
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How is literacy taught in schools?
by Eileen Honan When education commentators turn their attention to the teaching of reading in Australian schools, they often use metaphors of war. They talk about the reading wars as if our classrooms are sites of intense battle. This can lead to parents becoming not only confused, but deeply worried about the teaching of reading,…
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Leadership – It’s black & white
I woke up this morning to footage of protests, turned riots in America and solidarity protests across Europe. These were the continuation of activities over the weekend following the death of a man, George Floyd, at the hands of a former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, with a reported history of misusing the agency his…



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