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[Link] Citipointe churchgoers give standing ovation for under-fire principal
Read: 8/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
The head of Brisbane’s Citipointe megachurch has told worshippers to lobby MPs about proposed religious freedom and sexual discrimination laws, after the church school’s failed attempt to introduce enrolment contracts with anti-gay and anti-trans provisions.
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[Link] Brisbane Christian school withdraws controversial sexuality contract after community backlash
Read: 3/2/2022 www.abc.net.au
The contract demanded families denounce homosexuality and that students identify by birth gender, or risk being excluded from the school. Citipointe Christian College's contract describes homosexuality as a sin and compares it to bestiality and paedophilia.
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[Link] NSW public school teachers to strike for first time in a decade as sector faces ‘perfect storm’
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
New South Wales public teachers will strike for the first time in more than a decade in response to a “statewide staffing crisis” caused by stagnating wages and an escalating workload.
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[Link] Police officer who reported off-duty colleague for taking a gun to a school guilty of public mischief
Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
A Sydney highway patrol officer has been found guilty of public mischief after anonymously reporting an off-duty colleague was at a primary school with a gun.
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[Link] NSW premier orders grants review as it’s revealed $20m school solar program went mostly to Coalition seats
Read: 3/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet ordered a review of grants funding in the state at the same time it was revealed more than 90% of schools selected as part of a $20m pilot to fund solar power systems were in Coalition-held seats.
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