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"Inflation is down, incomes are strengthening, unemployment is very low, interest rates are coming down and now growth is picking up as well."
More good news and more reasons to vote Labor for a second term of government.
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In just two years, the Labor government have freed Australians Julian Assange, Cheng Lei, Sean Turnell and five of the Bali Nine from overseas prisons. Meanwhile, the LNP are scheming on ways that they can lock up your ten year old kids.
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Final lesson before Christmas break with Y13 calls for Weimar & Nazi Germany, Spotify wrapped edition! #SpotifyWrapped
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What really happened in Amsterdam’s soccer riots between supporters of Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv? We look at how the truth got lost in the rush to judgement.
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☝️Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.
👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
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Wrongly convicted of a crime? Your ability to clear your name can come down to your postcode #11PAL12 #11PAL23 #12PAL20 theconversation.com/wrongly-… via @ConversationEDU
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Rather than lowering expectations for struggling students, invest in building a stronger relationship with them; when they feel supported and valued, they are more likely to rise to meet those expectations.
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It’s Media Literacy Week!
Incorrect info isn’t always easy to spot. That’s why we encourage everyone to Stop, Check and Consider. Swipe to see the steps you should take when you see election information.
aec.gov.au/About_AEC/elector…
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Left: David Crowe in the SMH, on Senator Lidia Thorpe's loud protest to the King
Right: The Manchester Guardian in 1912, on the suffragettes' violent protests for women's voting rights
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#OnThisDay 80 years ago, PM John Curtin visited Kent Street State School for Citizenship Day, on the same street as the future site of Curtin University's campus. Curtin called on students to fulfill the better future Australia was fighting for. ow.ly/Axi650TJlFO
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An interesting point about double dissolutions. The power to grant a double dissolution is the only power of the Governor-General that cannot be exercised by the King. It is not a power inherited from the crown but one invented by the Constitution and so for the GG alone.
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Two prime ministers: a newly re-digitised image from our collection: Prime Minister John Curtin (our namesake!) being met by the High Commissioner Stanley Bruce in London in April or May 1944. Bruce was PM in the 1920s and a former political opponent of Curtin's.
ALT Black and white photo of Curtin and Bruce. JCPML00018/2.
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.@cityoftongues on the economic value of recycling: “In almost every instance, recycling not only avoids the need to source new raw materials, thus avoiding destructive mining and deforestation, it uses far less energy.”
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At Planet America we're sorry we took the last 2 weeks off. So as a public service, here's a quick catch-up of what we missed covering. (thanks to @ScottAbbot ) Oh, and there's a 50min special tonight at 9pm.
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The climate crisis also affects food safety.
On Friday's #WorldFoodSafetyDay, see how rising temperatures threaten the production of safe food: openknowledge.fao.org/server… via @FAO
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Monday is #WorldBeeDay! 🐝
Bees face many dangers due to human activities —but we can all help protect them & support beekeepers by growing native plants, buying honey from local farmers & taking #ClimateAction.
un.org/en/observances/bee-da…
