WA Government axes Schools of the Air in $64-million cuts to education. Updated The WA Government has announced tens of millions of dollars of sweeping education spending cuts that will see nearly 200 jobs axed and a range of services across the state either shut down or slashed.
Where education will be cut 170 positions to be axedCuts to deliver $64 million in savingsSchools of the Air (SOTA) to close downTuart College to be closed downCanning College enrolment restricted to overseas fee-paying studentsSix camp school sites to be closedLandsdale Farm School funding to ceaseFunding for gifted and talented programs at 18 schools cut 25 per centVacation swimming fees to increase more than 100 per cent from $13.50 to $30Teacher accommodation in Moora and Northam to closeIntake into Level 3 classroom teacher program on hold until 2020 The $64 million cut to education funding from 2019 will affect regional and metropolitan areas, with many programs closed down entirely, funding cuts for some and fee hikes for others. A 'brutal decision' "They are really upset. 'Fake news' on social media influenced US election voters, experts say - Donald Trump's America.
Updated Experts have disputed Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's claim that less than 1 per cent of the social media network's content is fake, amid accusations hoaxes influenced the United States election outcome.
Mr Zuckerberg said it was "extremely unlikely hoaxes changed the outcome of this election in one direction or the other" in a statement posted on Facebook. "Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99 per cent of what people see is authentic," Mr Zuckerberg said. "Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes. " But Griffith University's professor of journalism and social media, Mark Pearson, said he was suspicious of the statistic. "There is an enormous amount of misinformation on Facebook and other social media," Professor Pearson told ABC News.
During the election campaign, fake news about now President-elect Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton circulated online. 'Fake news' on social media influenced US election voters, experts say - Donald Trump's America. Updated Experts have disputed Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg's claim that less than 1 per cent of the social media network's content is fake, amid accusations hoaxes influenced the United States election outcome.
Mr Zuckerberg said it was "extremely unlikely hoaxes changed the outcome of this election in one direction or the other" in a statement posted on Facebook. "Of all the content on Facebook, more than 99 per cent of what people see is authentic," Mr Zuckerberg said. "Only a very small amount is fake news and hoaxes. " But Griffith University's professor of journalism and social media, Mark Pearson, said he was suspicious of the statistic. "There is an enormous amount of misinformation on Facebook and other social media," Professor Pearson told ABC News. During the election campaign, fake news about now President-elect Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton circulated online.
Australian Christian History Research Institute - Founding Fathers, Early Christian History, Australian History, Australian Heritage. Parliamentary Education Office. Parliament of WA - Educational Videos. Australian democracy: an overview · Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Non! Nein! No! A Country That Wouldn’t Let Women Vote Till 1971.
I’m thinking of Hillary, all in white, in her “suffragette” suit at the Democratic National Convention.
A hundred years earlier that’s how women seeking the vote dressed—all in white, with white hats too. White, as we know, is the “color” that includes all colors. With a prism, you learn that white light combines every hue in the rainbow, so what the suffragette suit suggests is that politics should be all embracing too: Every adult, women included, should be able to vote, run for office, be president. That feels right. Democracy seems, inevitably, to invite everybody in. But that’s wrong. Women in Switzerland didn’t get the vote until 1971. To this day, to amend the national constitution, the entire nation must vote. More from Robert Krulwich How Much Longer?
In 1928, the year British women got full voting rights, Swiss activists staged a parade in the city of Bern, rolling a giant model snail down the street, as if to say, How long do we have to wait? … And the “nos” won—handily.