Fractions in Year 1, money skills from Foundation, and explicit lessons on recognising antisemitism by Year 10. Here’s what’s changing in Australian classrooms.
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Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Cost of Living, News, NSW News, Roads and Infrastructure, Water
Coalition taskforce to hunt for new dams
One in six apples, four in 10 blocks of butter, and nearly half our pork could be imported by 2040, the Coalition warns. Its answer is more dams.
Posted inAged care, Disability, General News, Health, NSW News
Carers push for NSW Carer Card
About 958,000 NSW carers keep having to prove they are carers. Carers NSW says a Carer Card, already in place in Victoria and Queensland, would end the paperwork.
Posted inBusiness, NSW News, Small Business
Coffee cup backflip: “cafe killer” laws to go, but not until after the election
Labor will scrap its coffee cup rules, but only after the election. North Coast MPs say “cafe killer” laws are hurting local businesses now, and they want them gone next month.
Posted inAgriculture, General News, NSW News
Vegetable supplier admits price fixing
Australia’s second-largest fresh vegetable supplier has admitted fixing prices on broccoli, cauliflower, and lettuce sold to ALDI. A $12 million penalty is proposed, but a judge has the final say.
Posted inMining and Resources, NSW News, NSW Politics, Workers and Unions
NSW releases critical minerals skills plan
NSW has launched what it calls an Australian-first Critical Minerals Skills Plan as Sydney hosts a global mining conference, and renewed its coal agreement with Japan, the state’s biggest buyer.
Posted inBusiness, Hospitality, NSW News, Recycling and waste, Small Business
Coffs MP warns of costs in reusable cup plan
A $22,000 fine for forgetting to offer a reusable cup in the morning rush? Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh Singh says Labor’s plan hands cafés yet another cost, and Labor and the Greens rejected every amendment.
Posted inEducation, NSW News
Teacher pay rise lands this week
Starting teachers now earn $92,882 and top-of-scale teachers $133,422. The NSW Government says the latest pay rise lands this week, with teacher vacancies at a 12-year low.
Posted inArmidale, Armidale Regional, Energy, New England Surrounds, News, NSW News, Water
Why can’t we get this done? Oven Mountain latest renewable project to falter
The latest announcement of a renewable project to fail is the one that no one expected. Questions are being asked about whether the NSW Government is to blame, or if there is a bigger problem about how we do large infrastructure in this country.
Posted inEnvironment, NSW News
Tree vandals face $500,000 penalties
Poison a tree and you could pay $500,000. New laws will let councils chase tree vandals through the courts for the first time, on public and private land.