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CORONAVIRUS
Only four more Vic cases
ABC News, 28 May 2021
 Victoria recorded only four
more coronavirus cases in data released today (Friday),
taking the local outbreak to 30 cases.
CORONAVIRUS
Vic lockdown begins tonight
ABC News, 27 May 2021
Victoria will undergo a
seven-day lockdown from 11.59pm tonight.
The number of coronavirus
cases in Victoria has risen from 15 to 26.
ASTRONOMY
Super blood moon tonight
ABC News, 26 May 2021
 A lunar eclipse
commences at 7.44pm tonight.
CORONAVIRUS
Jump in Vic COVID cases
ABC News, 26 May 2021
9.15am
The number of
Victorian coronavirus cases jumped to 14 overnight, with a
15th case identified today.
Fortunately the links between
all 15 cases are known.
TASMANIAN POLITICS
Courtney new education minister
ABC News, 18 May 2021
 Sarah Courtney will
be the new education minister in the re-elected Gutwein
government.
Previous education minister Jeremy Rockliff
will become the health minister.
New Cabinet
revealed, The Mercury, 18 May 2021
TASMANIAN POLITICS
White stands down
ABC News, 15 May 2021
 Rebecca White has
announced she will not recontest the Labor leadership, endorsing
David O'Byrne to fill the position.
TASMANIAN ELECTION
Brooks resigns
ABC News, 14 May 2021
 Newly-elected Braddon Liberal candidate Adam Brooks
has said he will resign today. Fellow Liberal Felix Ellis is
likely to be elected on a recount to replace him.
FEDERAL BUDGET
Budget
reply
ABC News, 13 May 2021
 The Opposition leader, Anthony
Albanese, has presented Labor's Budget Reply speech.
TASMANIAN ELECTION
Liberals win
12 May 2021
 Peter Gutwein's Liberal government
has won a third term, achieving 13 seats in the 25-seat House of
Assembly, with the slight chance of a fourteenth seat.
FEDERAL BUDGET
Budget latest
ABC News, 11 May 2021
 The Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg,
has delivered the 2021-22 Federal Budget.
RACISM EDUCATION
The pedagogies of discomfort
The Conversation (opinion by
Niranjan Casinader), 10 May 2021
 In teaching students about
racism, students need to experience certain levels of
discomfort, an academic says.
STUDENT SUPPORT
Girls can have ADHD too
The Conversation (opinion by
Rachael Murrihy), 7 May 2021
As ADHD symptoms can appear differently in
girls they are often overlooked by teachers.
GEOGRAPHY
Uncertain borders common in history
The Conversation (opinion by
Imogen Wegman), 6 May 2021
A Belgian farmer who unwittingly altered the
Belgium-France border with his tractor has sparked a discussion
of the variety of ways countries' border lines have been unclear
in the past.
LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
Second languages foreign to Tassie students
The Conversation (opinion), 6 May 2021
Policy on studying a second language varies
widely in Australia. Tasmanian students are not required to
study a second language.
SPORT AND STUDENT SAFETY
Focus on sports brain injury in women
The Conversation (opinion by
Shreya Mcleod and James F. Donnelly), 5 May 2021
Brain injury such as the concussion suffered by
sportspeople can affect women and men differently, two
researchers say.
(The image is of Jacinda Barclay whose brain
was donated for concussion research.)
TASMANIAN ELECTION
Liberals likely winner
2 May 2021
The Liberal government led by
Peter Gutwein appears to have won the Tasmanian state election.
ABC Tasmanian election page
Tasmanian Electoral Commission progressive
results:
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State election
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Legislative Council
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