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TASMANIAN POLITICS
Labor's Budget Reply delivered
TaLabor website, 31 May 2022
 Labor leader Rebecca
White has delivered the Opposition's Budget Reply speech.
Labor's Budget Reply speech [pdf]
Labor
media releases
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
Clair new education minister
ABC News, 31 May 2022
 Jason Clair will be the
federal education minister in the new Albanese ministry to
be sworn in tomorrow.
 
Anne Aly will hold the the Early Childhood and
Youth portfolios.
AEU welcomes new education ministers,
AEU website, 1 Jun 2022
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
Majority after all for Albo
ABC News, 30 May 2022
 The ALP is
now projected to win 76 seats, giving Prime Minister Anthony
Albanese a majority in the House of Representatives.
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
David Littleproud replaces Barnaby
ABC News, 30 May 2022
 David Littleproud has been
elected leader of the National Party, replacing Barnaby
Joyce.
Senator Perin Davey is the new deputy leader.
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
Peter Dutton is new Liberal leader
ABC News, 30 May 2022
 As expected, Peter Dutton
has been elected unopposed as the Liberal leader, becoming
leader of the federal Opposition.
 Sussan Ley has been elected
deputy Liberal leader.
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Primary geography curriculum downgraded
The Conversation (opinion by Alaric Maude), 27 May 2022
 Under the revised primary school curriculum,
students will learn less about the world, its diversity and
significant concepts such as climate, an academic says.
TASMANIAN BUDGET
Tas Budget delivered
ABC News, 26 May 2022
 Tasmania's Treasurer,
Michael Ferguson, has brought down the State Budget for
2022-23.
Premier's Budget page
Delivering on school infrastructure
Student systems renewal initiative - phase 2
Securing the future of TasTAFE
$36.4m to help keep children safe
DoE budget features
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
Labor
majority one seat away
ABC News, 26 May 2022
With Brian Mitchell
projected to win the Tasmanian seat of Lyons for the ALP,
new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese now has 75 of the 76
seats needed for an absolute majority.
CURRICULUM
Digital writing skills ignored
Tas Govt media release, 24 May 2022
ABOVE: Digital communicating example (meme)
Australian English teachers are giving insufficient
attention to digital writing skills such as those that have
given Ukraine the power to garner world-wide support against
its invader, an education academic says.
STUDENT SAFETY
Safeguarding
our students
Tas Govt media release, 24 May 2022
 This Thursday's State
Budget will provide for four years of funding of a
Safeguarding Officer in each Tasmanian government school as
a central point of contact over child safety matters.
MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY
Schools want more mental health
The Conversation (opinion by Christine Grove and Alexandra
Marinucci), 24 May 2022
 More mental health literacy
needs to be taught in schools, especially as teaching
preventative measures has been shown to be effective, two
educational psychology academics say.
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Climate change curriculum still lacking
The Conversation (opinion), 23 May 2022
Although
there is more climate change emphasis in the new Australian
Curriculum, there is insufficient content on matters that
students are interested in such as what can be done to
reduce climate change, a Mainland and four Tasmanian
academics say.
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
Albanese sworn in as PM
ABC News, 23 May 2022
Labor leader Anthony
Albanese was sworn in as Prime Minister this morning (Mon.).
Richard Marles is the new Deputy PM.
AUSTRALIAN POLITICS
Albanese likely to be PM
ABC News, 21 May 2022
Federal Labor leader
Anthony Albanese appears likely to become Prime Minister and
lead a Labor government in minority, today's election
results suggest.
SEXUAL ABUSE
Lack of action over abuse
ABC News, 12 May 2022
 A 2005 complaint of sexual
abuse of a student by an Education Department teacher was at
that time considered not to have breached the State Service
Code of Conduct because the abuse had occurred away from
school, the child sexual abuse inquiry has been told.
TASMANIAN POLITICS
Willie, Rattray winners
Tas Electoral Commission media release, 8 May 2022
 Labor education spokesperson Josh Willie and
Independent Tania Rattray have been easily re-elected in
Saturday's Legislative Council elections.
WEATHER ALERT
Damaging winds and floods on way
BoM
website, 5 May 2022
 Winds gusting to around 80 km/h
and flash flooding are expected in southern and eastern
Tasmania late today (Thursday) and on Friday.
BoM
warnings
Power outages
Road
closures (Police)
School closures (DoE alerts) - 12
closures as at 9.00am, 6 May 2022
SES
The Mercury
Non-govt school closures
(6 May 2022):
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MacKillop
College, Mornington
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St Cuthbert's, Lindisfarne
INTEREST RATES
Interest rate surprise
ABC News, 3 May 2022
 The Reserve Bank has raised
the cash rate from 0.1 per cent to 0.35 per cent, higher
than the widely predicted 0.25 per cent.
LITERACY
Reading
Challenge begins
Tas Govt media release, 2 May 2022
The Tasmanian Premier's Reading Challenge
for 2022 has begun.
Tas
Premier's Reading Challenge (Web page)
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