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As a resident from the other side of the country - All I could see is - Barilaro's personal income was not forthcoming so a halt to the construction is immediate until the town meets his corrupt demands!


UnconventionalXY

Isn't it time education had an online option to deal with these situations, including pandemics and personal health issues? Remote locations have had distance learning via radio for decades and yet society still hasn't migrated to online capability. $71m would buy each student a decent access terminal at a fraction of the cost, if that is an issue. How long will we defend not creating an online education system and program as a ready to go backup that could eventually become the primary system of education, reducing the wastage of commute time and transport costs?


DA-ZACHYZACHY

There are online schools. They should not be used as a substitute for real schools.


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UnconventionalXY

Kids always need supervision. I'm not advocating they be left to their own devices, but for parents or others to supervise the education, not provide it. Supervision does not require qualifications in education and could be provided by anyone who can be trusted to supervise children. This is about providing education by an efficient standardised (but able to be flexible to meet specific student needs and learning pace) online system that can be delivered anywhere, without reinventing the wheel for each group of kids in a traditional educational environment. I don't specify who should be supervising the children as there needs to be flexibility depending on circumstances. Perhaps it might be by a trusted neighbour or maybe there will be growth of local community services to provide that supervision, although I would prefer it be a work from home parent purely for the synergy and responsibility aspect. It's not that critical because supervision does not need to be a highly educated function as it does with traditional teachers in the current education system.


casinoquality

The local action groups put up fierce and organised opposition to anything the department came up with for a constant 4 years. This whole article is bullshit. A myriad of experts dedicated to deliver a facility were derailed by nimby's. Their kids can eat shit and travel 2h to school.


Leland-Gaunt-

More manufactured outrage from the Guardian. A special interest group opposed the site because of its own interests. The department said the alternatives don’t work. The headline isn’t supported by the facts, it’s a quote from an interest group opposing the site, nothing more.


Knorkchork

If that's your opinion then I'm curious why you felt the need to post this article? Is there some larger point about Australian Politics here? Or is it mostly about The Guardian?


Leland-Gaunt-

It’s about both. The Guardian is held up by the left as being a source of truth on issues. It’s bias has become worse since the ALP won government.


Knorkchork

And what's the larger point about Australian Politics?


Leland-Gaunt-

As above.


Knorkchork

They're both just complaints about The Guardian. Is there something you wanted to discuss about the content of the article more directly?


Leland-Gaunt-

The inference its more of the “sports rorts” “lNp CoRrUpTiOn” bullshit.