(10-04-2024, 01:31 PM)king1 Wrote: good on him... I do wonder though, if he would have been so forthcoming with his opinion had he not been so close to retirement?
Probably not, given the current govt. FGS surely it isn't too difficiit to consult teachers & work from their advice.
Unless of course, you're keen to make money from those charter schools...
(10-04-2024, 02:28 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Money grubbing. Stop paying for school lunches. Bring back fares for school kids. Fine parents for truants. Stop early childhood subsidies for under twos.
It is all about the money.
As a friend of mine pointed out at lunch today - accommodation allowance and winter energy payments have to be on their list.
Still, the flu vax is still free, so I got mine. No lollipop though.
Absolutely - those things help make the lives of those on low incomes slightly better, & they cost $, so two reason to remove them.
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)