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 HEALTH AND FITNESS
Sport activity surprise
The
Conversation (opinion by Harriet Koorts and Jo Salmon), 30 Jul 2019
An average of only an extra
seven minutes of physical activity per day is achieved by
teenagers involved in organised sport, Australian research
shows...
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Kindie tenders
Tas
Govt media release, 30 Jul 2019
 A tender has been advertised
for a new kindergarten at Glenora District School.
Tenders were recently awarded for kindergarten redevelopments at
Rosetta Primary, Brighton Primary and
Ringarooma Primary...
INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS
New govt pay offer
ABC
News, 25 Jul 2019
 The State Government has
offered public sector workers an interim one-year pay rise of at
least 2.1 per cent (2.35 per cent from when the agreement is
registered)...
Overdue pay rise for State Service employees,
Tas Govt media release, 25 Jul 2019
A disappointing lower wage rise offfer, and no workload relief,
Helen Richardson, AEU (Tas) President, 25 Jul 2019
Continued negotiations must not be long-winded, Michelle
O'Byrne, Opposition workplace relations spokesperson, 25 Jul
2019
 TEACHING PROFESSION
Teacher drive
Tas
Govt media release, 24 Jul 2019
A campaign to recruit more
teachers to commence in Term 1 2020 has begun, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff says...
 INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Boris becomes PM
BBC
News, 23 Jul 2019
Former London mayor and
Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has been selected by the
Conservative Party to be the next UK Prime Minister...
BULLYING
Minister shirtfronts bullying
Tas
Govt media release, 19 Jul 2019
 A meeting of community leaders will be hosted by
education minister Jeremy Rockliff next Thursday, 25 July 2019
with the aim of developing a whole-of-community response to
bullying...
WORLD EVENTS
US shoots down Iranian drone
ABC News, 19 Jul 2019
A United States warship has shot down an Iranian drone near the
Persian Gulf which it says came within 900 metres of the ship...
SCHOOL INTAKE ZONES
No change to out-of-area policy
Tas
Govt media release, 17 Jul 2019
 The government's policy of school choice for
out-of-area students is continuing, even though small changes
are being made to school intake maps, education minister Jeremy
Rockliff says...
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Govt rejects AEU offer
The Examiner, 16 Jul 2019
 The state government has
rejected the AEU's modified wages offer, saying that the pay
rise issue still needs to be referred to the Tasmanian
Industrial Commission...
Teachers now face months of uncertainty,
Josh Willie, Opposition education spokesperson, 16 Jul 2019
CLASSROOM DISCIPLINE
Punish the whole class?
The
Conversation (opinion by Jeffrey Thomas), 12 Jul 2019
Group or collective punishment of
students simply makes them hate school, an academic writes..
OUTAGES
Now the myGov portal goes down
ABC
News, 12 Jul 2019
 Australians have been unable to log on to the ATO,
Centrelink and Medicare as a result of the federal government's
myGov portal
suffering technical issues today..
UPDATE:
The services were largely available again by around 4.00pm.
TASMANIAN UNIONS
AEU lodges updated wages claim
AEU (Tas), 11 Jul 2019
AEU president Helen Richardson
says a newly lodged wages claim is affordable and addresses
deficiencies in the state government's latest offer...
Union's offer reneges on previous deal,
Jeremy Rockliff, Acting Premier, 11 Jul 2019
OUTAGES
Telstra outage affects ATMs and EFTPOS
ABC
News, 11 Jul 2019
 A Telstra outage is preventing payments being made at retailers
such as Woolworths, Caltex, Dan Murphys and Australia Post, and
banking at the Commonwealth Bank, ANZ, NAB and Westpac..
UPDATE:
Many services were back working normally from about 5.30pm.
WEATHER ALERT
Warning
of strong winds
BoM
website, 11 Jul 2019
 Damaging winds gusting to in excess
of 100kmh are expected in all
areas of Tasmania except the central and mid-east coast areas...
BoM
warnings
Power outages
Road
closures (Police)
SES
 TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
Parklands upgrades
Tas Govt media release, 5 Jul 2019
A redevelopment costing $11
million has been completed at Parklands High School, education
minister Jeremy Rockliff says..
HEALTH
Fourth case of meningococcal disease
The Examiner, 4 Jul 2019
 A woman from
Devonport has been admitted to the Launceston General Hospital
with the W strain of meningococcal disease, the fourth case of
the disease in Tasmania this year..
 THE ECONOMY
Interest rates cut by 0.25 per cent again
ABC News,
2 Jul 2019
The Reserve Bank of Australia
has reduced the official interest rate by 0.25 per cent for the
second month in a row..
TASMANIAN SCHOOLS
School closed over dirty conditions
ABC News, 2 Jul 2019
The Ulverstone Secondary
College is closed today because the principal cannot
guarantee students and staff will be safe after industrial
action by cleaners has left areas uncleaned...
Rose Bay High School in Hobart has canceled its
parent-teacher meetings over cleaning issues, ABC News, 9.00am 2
Jul 2019
Union bans at Ulverstone Secondary College unacceptable,
Peter Gutwein, Treasurer, 2 Jul 2019
Wynyard High School will close tomorrow (Wednesday
3 July) due to dirty conditions, DoE Alerts page, 2 Jul 2019
 TEACHER SALARIES
SA teachers strike after 2.35 per cent pay offer
SBS News, 1 Jul 2019
Teachers at more than 250 South Australian schools
have gone on strike after rejecting the state government's offer
of a pay rise of 2.35 per cent...
WEATHER ALERT
Warning
of strong winds in South
BoM
website, 1 Jul 2019
A severe weather
warning for areas of southern Tasmania as far north as New
Norfolk advises that winds are expected to gust to 100km/h for
the rest of today (Monday)...
BoM
warnings
Power outages
Road
closures (Police)
SES
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