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SCHOOL FARMS
School farm rezoning process begins
Tas Govt media
release, 22 Sep
2014
 Education
minister Jeremy Rockliff has welcomed the move announced today by
the Brighton Council to amend its planning scheme to enable the
Jordan River School Farm to remain on its present site at Brighton...
Brighton Council establishes
special purpose zone for school farm, Brighton Council, 22 Sep 2014
SCHOOL FARMS
FARM SAVED
Tas Govt media
release,
15 Jul
2014
The outcome of today's
meeting between education minister
 Jeremy Rockliff and the Brighton
Council is that the land where the Jordan River School Farm is located is to be rezoned, thus ensuring
the farm's long-term future ..
Rockliff moves to dispel doubts about farm's future, The
Mercury, 15 Jul 2014
Farm school site to have special zoning, Tony Foster, Brighton
Council, 16 July 2014
Farm's
future in focus, The Mercury, 17 Jul 2014
SCHOOL FARMS
Farm to stay ...for now
ABC News,
14 Jul
2014
Brighton Mayor Tony
Foster says the notification to remove the animals from the Jordan
River School Farm has been withdrawn ..
Farm school notification withdrawn [pdf], Brighton Council media
release, 14 Jul 2014
School farm at Brighton to stay, says Mayor, The Mercury, 14 Jul
2014 (see also this story's
Facebook comments)
A win for farm school and commonsense, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister
for Education and Training, 14 Jul 2014
Decision welcome but more to be done, Nick McKim, Greens
education spokesperson, 14 Jul 2014
Withdrawal of notification welcomed, Rebecca White, TasLabor
website, 14 Jul 2014
SCHOOL FARMS
Farm fight employs Facebook
The Mercury,
12 Jul
2014
Supporters of the
threatened Jordan River School Farm have created a Facebook page
(using the farm's former name) ..
Save Bridgewater High
School Farm
(Facebook page)
See also:
Bridgewater High School Farm/Jordan River Learning Federation School
Farm (Facebook page)
SCHOOL FARMS
Jordan River School Farm shock
ABC News, 10 Jul
2014
The Jordan River School Farm at
Brighton has been told by the Brighton Council that because having
animals in a residential zone is in breach of council by-laws the
farm has 28 days to provide an animal removal plan..
School farm animals face eviction, The Mercury, 10 Jul 2014
Brighton Council must explain, Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for
Education and Training, 10 Jul 2014
Minister must stand up for the farm and sit down with the Council,
Nick McKim, Greens education spokesperson, 10 Jul 2014
Farm school breaching local government by-laws [pdf], Brighton
Council media release, 10 Jul 2014
Planning failure lets down school kids, Scott Gadd, Royal
Agricultural Society of Tasmania, 10 Jul 2014
Removal of farm animals a 'fiasco', ABC Rural, 10 Jul 2014
Education Minister digs in over Council move, ABC News, 11 Jul
2014
Council's announcement a serious concern, Guy Barnett,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, 11 Jul 2014
Politicians sit on their hands [pdf], Brighton
Council media release, 11 Jul 2014
Crushing our spirit, The Mercury (editorial), 12 Jul 2014
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rest of the news from July 2014
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