2012年3月5日星期一
Sydney dam gates open, residents on alert - Sydney Morning Herald
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Darwin zoo volunteer mauled by lion - Ninemsn
A man has been attacked by a lion at a Darwin animal park after he reportedly reached his arm into the cage.
Nine News has been told the lion grabbed volunteer Peter Davidson, 42, on the arm at Crocodylus Park as he was being shown weeds that needed to be sprayed.
The NT News reported that muscle was torn from the bone of Mr Davidson's arm and will undergo surgery.
Keepers applied a tourniquet to his arm to stop the blood from flowing. It is understood he is able to move his fingers and is currently in a stable condition.
Crocodylus Park specialises mostly in reptiles like crocodiles, but also features big cats like lions and tigers.
It is the first lion attack at the park in 15 years.The park's management say they are happy with their procedures and security but will review them as a precaution.
Management satisfied with procedures/security but will review as a precaution.
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Family of shot officer shattered - BigPond News
A police officer and father of six shot dead in northern NSW was a brave, tremendous bloke who spent more than half his life protecting the community.
Senior Constable David Rixon, 40, was on duty and alone when he and another man were shot during a gunfight outside a block of units in Lorraine Street, West Tamworth, about 8am (AEDT) on Friday.
Paramedics and police raced to the scene before both men were rushed to Tamworth Base Hospital, where Sen Const Rixon later died.
The highway patrol officer joined the NSW Police Force in 1990 and is survived by his wife, Fiona, and six children.
His family paid tribute to him in a statement on Friday.
'David was a wonderful father, husband and police officer.
'He was all of that but so much more. He was a real person and a great man who will be missed by us all. We will never forget him.'
A former police officer who asked not to be named told AAP Sen Const Rixon was a 'tremendous bloke who was very much a family man'.
He was also a dedicated golfer who was well known at Tamworth Golf Club and a 'very genuine guy', a staffer who asked not to be named told AAP.
The news of his death triggered a wave of sentiment from people close to him on The Northern Daily Leader website.
'This brave young officer was dedicated to his public duty, his family and work colleagues,' Don Campbell posted.
'Dave you will be missed by all. Rest in peace.'
Another person, KJ, posted: 'What a loss, he was one of the nicest people I have known. RIP Ricko.'
A fellow officer posted: 'A great man lost which our community will never be able to replace, or overcome. Miss you Ricko.'
Shirley Tiberi, who has lived in Lorraine Street for 53 years and has never experienced any problems, now wants to move.
'I heard three big bangs and I didn't realise that the police officer was shot,' Ms Tiberi told AAP.
It is understood Sen Const Rixon had pulled a car over in the street when the shooting started.
Two men have been arrested, including one who was shot and is under police guard in hospital.
'We have lost one of our finest highway patrol officers,' Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione told reporters in Tamworth.
Police Minister Michael Gallacher, a former police officer, was visibly shaken as he told reporters that Friday was a day of mourning.
'This is an incredibly tragic event for his loved ones, for his workmates, and indeed for the state of NSW,' Mr Gallacher said in Sydney.
Police Association president Scott Weber said the shooting had shaken and saddened officers across NSW and highlighted the dangers of police work.
NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson said the death was a reminder of what police do for the community and the risks they take.
Tamworth Mayor Col Murray said the death highlighted the fact that local police numbers had been inadequate for years.
'This is what we've been fearful of, that we're going to find ourselves in a situation like this where we actually lose one of our community members, as a policeman, in a shooting,' Mr Murray told AAP.
More than 17,000 residents, nearly a third of Tamworth, had previously signed a petition that highlighted crime and policing issues and was due for debate in state parliament on May 10.
Wright By:kevin,Tags:ed hardyed hardy clothingChristian AudigierCruise ship passenger hid cocaine in wetsuit - Herald Sun
A BRITISH cruise ship passenger accused of hiding cocaine inside a wetsuit he was wearing under his clothes has been refused bail in a Sydney court.
Ronald Fletcher, 59, is charged with importing a commercial quantity of a border controlled drug into Australia on February 17.
His address was listed as Overseas Passenger Terminal, Sydney.
He appeared in Central Local Court today, when bail was formally refused and the case adjourned to April 18.
In an earlier statement, police said the UK national had travelled to Sydney aboard the P&O ship Aurora.
He was stopped by Customs and Border Protection officers last Friday at the Overseas Passenger Terminal, after a sniffer dog allegedly detected the scent of drugs.
Police alleged he was hiding several silver packages inside a wetsuit he was wearing under his clothes, and another 25 packages concealed in three suitcases.
Officers from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) estimate the man was carrying a total of 30kg of cocaine.
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2012年3月4日星期日
Noisy cars most annoying - Sydney Morning Herald
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Police link tourist's death to illegal buttock enhancer - TheChronicleHerald.ca
PHILADELPHIA — A woman who calls herself the "Black Madam" could face charges in the death of a London tourist who received illegal buttocks-enhancement injections last year in a Philadelphia hotel, police said Thursday.
Padge Victoria Windslowe, 42, was arrested Wednesday night as she prepared to host a "pumping party" where she was to illegally inject clients, according to police. She faces charges including aggravated assault and deceptive practices after one of her clients, an exotic dancer, suffered serious lung problems after an injection, Philadelphia police Lt. John Walker said. Windslowe was arraigned Thursday and was being held on bail of $10 million, prosecutors said.
Windslowe is a "person of interest" in the death of the 20-year-old London woman who last year received injections at a hotel near Philadelphia International Airport, Walker said.
He said she will likely be charged with murder in that case if the medical examiner rules Windslowe’s injection caused the death of Claudia Aderotimi, who complained of chest pain and difficulty breathing following the procedure. No charges have been filed.
"We knew she was the injector back in the 2011 (Aderotimi) case," Walker said, adding that the investigation has lingered as police awaited a ruling on the cause of Aderotimi’s death.
A message left for an attorney who has represented Windslowe was not returned Thursday. She declined to comment as police escorted her to a waiting police car Wednesday night.
In Windslowe’s case, investigators describe an operation in which she had "recruiters" who went out in search of people who wanted buttocks enhancement, reaching out to potential clients via email, blogs and conversations, Walker said.
Then, they would set up a time and place to meet, usually at a hotel or private residence, Walker said. The procedures cost anywhere from $700 to $1,800 in cash. Windslowe allegedly moved her operation around to avoid detection. Overall, police believe Windslowe has injected about 14 people, mostly advertising through word of mouth, Walker said, with the operation moving all around the Philadelphia area.
As part of the procedures, authorities said, Windslowe would clean the site and then inject a substance she described as silicone into the client’s buttocks. When the procedure was done, she would cover the wound with glue, Walker said.
During the arrest, police seized vials of superglue, needles, gloves, bottles and other items. Walker said police are conducting tests on the material that Windslowe was allegedly injecting into her clients, trying to determine what it is.
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2012年3月2日星期五
Opposition critical of Government future fund - ABC Online
Posted February 22, 2012 20:54:23
The State Opposition has criticised the Government's plans for a future fund.
The Premier Colin Barnett says the fund, made up largely of mining royalty earnings, will be set up as part of the next State Budget.
Mr Barnett says a small portion of the royalties will be stored to pay for long-term services, while part of the Royalties for Regions funding will be saved for future regional projects
The Shadow Treasurer Ben Wyatt has described the proposal as a 'thought bubble'.
He told State Parliament there is no point to it if WA's debt level continues to grow.
"What is your rate of return? What do you expect?" Mr Wyatt asked.
"Because at the end of the day Madam Acting Speaker, when you have a huge debt component on the balance sheet, which this state does, and it's growing, what is the point if you can't generate a rate of return greater than the cost of that debt?"
Mr Barnett rejected Mr Wyatt's claims.
"Peter Costello set up a future fund at the time there was still net debt of the Commonwealth government," he said.
"I mean they are unrelated.
"One is a big picture view; one is a small and miserly, selfish, this-generation view."
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Membrey dad tells his story after 17 years - Ninemsn
Roger Membrey left a message on his daughter's answering machine that was never returned.
He found her Ringwood flat dark when he arrived on a hot December 1994 night to search for her.
But inside Elisabeth Membrey's flat he saw a pool of blood on the hallway carpet.
Mr Membrey has not heard from his daughter since.
Finally, on Wednesday, Mr Membrey got to tell his story to a Victorian Supreme Court murder trial.
He told jurors how his daughter, a recent arts graduate from La Trobe University majoring in politics, was a "very fine woman".
Mr Membrey described how his daughter wanted to become a broadcast journalist and how she had been in discussion with a network, but was killed before it could be finalised.
"People were drawn to her because she was a happy person. She had the personality that people liked, they enjoyed talking with her," Mr Membrey said.
As Mr Membrey gave his evidence the man accused of killing his daughter - 45-year-old Shane Andrew Bond - sat just a few metres away at the back of the court.
He has pleaded not guilty and his barrister has told the jury that key witnesses in the case had an axe to grind with Bond and their accounts could not be believed.
Mr Membrey can't remember the last time he saw his daughter. She would call in often, he told the trial.
On December 7, 1994, he called his daughter about lunchtime. Elisabeth Membrey had an appointment with a medical specialist and he was surprised he hadn't heard from her.
Mr Membrey left a message on her answering machine asking her to give him a call.
His wife Joy called Ms Membrey about 6pm to invite her out to dinner. There was no answer and she too left a message.
After dinner they received a call from Ms Membrey's boyfriend Jason Lee saying he hadn't been able to catch up with her and wondering if she was with her parents.
The Membreys began searching.
They checked the car park of the Manhattan Hotel where Ms Membrey worked, but her car was not there.
So they drove to her flat in Bedford Rd, Ringwood.
Ms Membrey's car was parked in her usual spot.
They rang the doorbell and no one answered. The house was dark inside.
Later, Mr Lee arrived and was able to get into the flat through a slightly ajar window.
Inside they found blood on the hallway carpet.
By now Mr Membrey was beginning to think his daughter may be injured.
Police were called.
Prosecutor Geoffrey Horgan, SC, asked Mr Membrey if since that time he had had any contact with his daughter.
"Absolutely none," he replied.
He also asked whether anyone that he knew had had contact with her.
"No, no one that we know has contacted her, there's been no contact whatsoever," Mr Membrey said.
Ms Membrey was last seen leaving the Manhattan Hotel late on December 6, 1994.
Bond's barrister Michael O'Connell, SC, denies his client killed Ms Membrey or that he is the man allegedly seen arguing with Ms Membrey three times on the day she disappeared.
He also said the $1 million reward for information about the crime may have influenced what witnesses have said.
He told jurors they would not be able to exclude the possibility that someone else may have committed the crime.
The trial before Justice Terry Forrest continues on Thursday.
Wright By:kevin,Tags:ed hardyed hardy clothingChristian AudigierLindy wishes she had slept in the car - Ninemsn
More than 30 years after her daughter Azaria disappeared in the desert, Lindy Chamberlain still cries when she recalls the tragic circumstances.
Speaking on Nine Network's A Current Affair on Wednesday, she said she wished she had slept in the car with her three children in central Australia the night Azaria was believed to have been taken by a dingo.
A new inquest is being held to finally try to discover what happened to nine-weeks-old Azaria on August 17, 1980.
Mrs Chamberlain, now Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton after remarrying, said that on a previous visit she had slept in the car because of the dingoes in the area.
She said after Azaria was put to sleep in the tent with her brother Reagan, four, her other son Aidan, six, was hungry so she went with him to the nearby BBQ.
That's when it's alleged the dingo struck.
"If he had not wanted something to eat he would have been in the tent and awake and they say if you say something it could scare (dingoes) and they could attack.
"I could have lost three children that night - it could have been worse," she said fighting back tears.
Mrs Chamberlain-Creighton has always maintained that she saw a dingo leaving her tent on the night Azaria went missing.
She was convicted over Azaria's death in Australia's most famous murder trial but the verdict was overturned three years later when the baby's matinee jacket was found 4km from the campsite near Ayers Rock (Uluru).
An emotional Mrs Chamberlain-Creighton said she had been told that if she pleaded guilty "I could go home".
She said she refused because she didn't want her children to go through life thinking their mother was a murderer.
Azaria's father, Michael, said the family was made the "patsy" because if it was proved dingoes would attack children, tourism would suffer.
"There were four hotels out there and money had been loaned to the Northern Territory government," Dr Chamberlain said.
"I think someone said to them `fix this up - it might affect tourism, you have to get a conviction because you can't have dingoes, or the fear of them, running around killing kids'."
Coroner Elizabeth Morris will conduct the new inquest, which will start on Friday and represents the final legal chapter in the case.
The NT Coroner's office said it was reopening the inquest into Azaria's death after information provided by the girl's parents in relation to dingo attacks on infants and young children.
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Sica trial hears family's 'dirty laundry' - Ninemsn
A couple went to the Gold Coast to meet other swingers in the month before their three children were murdered and dumped in a spa bath, a court has been told.
The Supreme Court in Brisbane on Monday heard some of the "dirty laundry" about the Singh family that the crown warned would be aired during the triple murder trial of Max Sica.
Sica, 41, is currently on trial for the murder of 24-year-old Neelma and her younger brother Kunal, 18, and sister Sidhi, 12.
Their bodies were found in the ensuite spa bath of their home in the outer Brisbane suburb of Bridgeman Downs on April 22, 2003.
Prosecutor Michael Byrne SC told the jury during his opening address last week that the sordid details of affairs and sexual liaisons provided some context to the complex relationships of those close to the three dead siblings.
The siblings' father, Vijay Singh, was on Monday questioned about his relationship with his wife, Shirley.
Mr Singh told the court he and his wife were swingers, and that they met like-minded men and women through a magazine.
He said he and his wife travelled to the Gold Coast for a sexual tryst in March 2003, but said they never allowed these swinging strangers in their own home.
Mr Singh told the court the liaison followed a tumultuous period in his relationship with his wife.
He admitted he had been having an affair with a woman in Fiji, Karun Singh, but that this had soured in January.
Under cross-examination by defence barrister Sam Di Carlo, Mr Singh said that Karun was jealous and possessive.
He said his wife often received phone calls from an unidentified person who would boast about the relationship between Karun and Mr Singh.
Mr Singh agreed it was likely Karun had paid someone in Fiji a "few dollars" to make the calls on her behalf.
"She wanted you. She was desperate to push Shirley and your family away and have you for herself," Mr Di Carlo said.
Mr Singh said he told Karun he would never leave his family for her but that he had never been threatened by anybody while he was in Fiji.
The trial continues.
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LNP government will fix CSG 'mess', Campbell Newman says - The Australian
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Updated February 20, 2012 16:15:12
A fire burning out of control near Northcliffe, 350 kilometres south of Perth, is threatening farms on the outskirts of the town.
The blaze was started by lightning 10 days ago but escaped containment lines when it flared up yesterday afternoon.
The fire has burnt 28,000 hectares of bushland and forest.
Incident controller Drew Griffiths says strong south-easterly winds expected this afternoon could push the fire north towards properties.
"There would only be probably less than an hour before the fire reached the first properties so that's not enough time for people to get out, they need to get out now," he said.
Northcliffe's Community Resource Centre's Graham Evans has sent his staff home.
"At least one of my staff members is packing up and I'm packing up myself, packing up the household and there's an emergency evacuation centre set up in Pemberton sports club," he said.
"The Northcliffe vicinity is now on a watch and act notice so people are meant to be making decisions to basically adhere to their bushfire plans, stay or go."
Dairy farmer Dennis Smeathers says police arrived at his property last night about midnight local time and advised him to leave.
"My wife went but we stayed and got up early to milk the cows," he said.
The Northcliffe District High School has been closed for the day.
The Department of Environment and Conservation's Peter Keppel says the fire is eight kilometres from Northcliffe which is surrounded by marri, karri and jarrah forest.
A total of 138 firefighters are battling the blaze as well as 25 fire trucks and four water bombers.
A meeting to update residents on the situation is about to get underway.
An emergency warning remains in place for west of the Gardner River between Double Bridge Road and Summertime Track.
A watch and act has been issued for communities in the vicinity of Northcliffe, properties south of Boorara and Richardson roads and the settlement of Windy Harbour.
Mr Keppel says crews are fighting to keep the blaze contained.
"We'll be working very hard today to consolidate the work we've done overnight that will include continuing to burn back along those edges," he said.
"And, extensive use of water bombing including helicopter and water bombing aircraft, bulldozers and fire trucks."
Authorities warn the blaze is unpredictable and has the potential to travel at more than a kilometre per hour.
Support crucial for Australian super telescope - ABC Online
Updated February 15, 2012 23:22:00
Australian officials will soon learn whether they have gained key support for the rights to build the world's most powerful telescope.
Source: Lateline | Duration: 3min 13secTopics: telescopes, federal-government, astronomy-space, programs-and-initiatives, australia TranscriptTONY JONES, PRESENTER: It will be the world's most powerful telescope and it could be built in Australia. Tonight officials will learn whether Australia will win key support for an independent scientific panel to host the Square Kilometre Array.
The telescope is touted as one of the biggest science projects this century. And as Amy Bainbridge reports, Australia is facing some stiff competition.
AMY BAINBRIDGE, REPORTER: In the remote inland of Western Australia scientists want to create an inland sea of satellite dishes. The Square Kilometre Array would cover 3,000 kilometres. Thousands of antennas linked electronically would allow scientists to see 10 times further into the universe than ever before using a radio telescope.
BRIAN BOYLE, PROJECT LEADER, CSIRO: We'll be looking at objects 13 billion light years away, or 13 billion years old. We'll be looking at some of the first objects in the universe forming.
We'll be able to track the whole history of cosmic evolution. We'll be able to answer questions like what is the nature of dark matter and dark energy?
CHRIS EVANS, SCIENCE & RESEARCH MINISTER: I mean, this will create all sorts of interesting developments in computing and engineering and obviously it may have other spinoffs that we don't even know about yet.
AMY BAINBRIDGE: The vast area of the Murchison Shire in WA is sparsely populated. Already it's home to the Pathfinder telescope. Scientists say it's one of the world's quietest places, exactly what's needed for the SKA project.
BRIAN BOYLE: The great enemy of radio astronomy is people, because people make radio noise. They make radio interference, whether it's through cars or mobile phones or TVs, they generate all this radio frequency interference that can drown out the very feeble signals from the cosmos.
AMY BAINBRIDGE: And to make all this work Australia will need to build a computer 100 times faster than any existing computer.
BRIAN BOYLE: All the signals from all those telescopes have to be brought back and the data communications is equivalent to 10 times the global internet traffic today.
AMY BAINBRIDGE: Senator Chris Evans will head a delegation to China and Italy leaving this Saturday to promote Australia's bid.
Australia is up against the South Africans, who say the telescope should be built in their Karoo Desert. They say it will create jobs and boost development in their region. And along with the Australians, they'll have their chance to make their final case over the next month.
CHRIS EVANS: To be brutally frank, there's a view among many in Europe that they ought to be doing more to assist development in Africa, and that will obviously be a consideration. I suppose our answer to that is you want to make sure that you've got the best possible outcome to get the best possible scientific results from the project.
AMY BAINBRIDGE: And it isn't cheap. Australia will be expected to pay a sizeable share of the $2 billion project split amongst 67 organisations in 20 countries. Perhaps what will make the most sense to those worried about how their taxes are being spent is this: the chance of detecting life in another galaxy.
BRIAN BOYLE: So we could in principle detect radiation from advanced civilisations, and wouldn't that be an earth-shattering discovery?
AMY BAINBRIDGE: The telescope is due to be operational by 2024.
Amy Bainbridge, Lateline.
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Nurse in court over fatal nursing home blaze - ABC Online
By court reporter Jamelle WellsUpdated February 16, 2012 13:55:46
Prosecutors have been given more time to prepare their case against a man accused of deliberately lighting a fatal fire in a western Sydney nursing home.
Registered nurse Roger Kingsley Dean chose not to appear as his case was mentioned in Central Local Court this morning.
The 35-year-old remains in custody charged with 10 counts of murder over the fire at Quakers Hill in November.
Police have formally linked 11 deaths to the fire, but since November several other residents have died and further charges could be laid.
Today in court prosecutors were given another six weeks to prepare their case.
The court heard investigators are sifting through 2,700 pages of material and images.
The evidence in the case was described as "a literal mountain of material".
Relatives of one of the victims, 73-year-old Alma Smith, were in the public gallery.
Outside court her daughter Donna Austin said she is still coming to terms with the tragedy.
"We're just confused, frustrated, hurt," she said.
A spokesman for Domain Principal, the company that runs the home, was also in the public gallery.
He handed out copies of a statement confirming that sprinkler systems have now been fitted in the 59 homes the company runs across Australia.
Sprinklers were not installed when the Quakers Hill home was built in the 1980s.
The statement says the company has decided retrofitting the homes is the "right thing to do".
Systems are now required in new nursing homes in New South Wales, and the State Government is considering making them compulsory.
They have been mandatory in nursing homes in Queensland and Victoria for a decade.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, arson, police, quakers-hill-2763, sydney-2000 First posted February 16, 2012 11:24:05 Wright By:kevin,Tags:ed hardyed hardy clothingChristian AudigierTradie who clung to would-be thieves' car bonnet accuses driver of attempted ... - Herald Sun
UPDATE: A TRADIE who clung to the bonnet of a moving car has accused the driver of attempted murder.
Harry Hicks, 24, and his girlfriend Courtney Deacon, 21, were this morning recovering after Mr Hicks caught thieves attempting to steal tools from his Toyota Hilux tradesman’s trailer.The Plenty man and his partner were returning to their Wallaby Court home just before midnight when they noticed a dark Holden Commodore vehicle parked beside his car.The carpenter has declared his attackers “disgusting” and plans to press charges if police can find them.“It’s just disgusting, I don’t have any time for these people,” he said.“If they’d just stopped and said sorry mate it wouldn’t have been so much of an issue.“What sort of trouble would you get into if you are a first time hit-and-run?”“It’s quite a serious offence – it’s attempted murder,” he said.The couple arrived back at Ms Deacon’s home around midnight last night to find some of his tool boxes on the ground next to his tool trailer.When they stopped the car to investigate, a man hiding behind the trailer bolted across the road into a waiting Holden Commodore.Mr Hicks said he acted on impulse by standing in front of the vehicle, and glared at the men inside.“It was just more instinct, I just wanted to get my tools back,” Mr Hicks said.The men initially accelerated towards him as he tried to block their escape, but stopped just in front of him when he refused to move.But when they accelerated again Mr Hicks said he was forced onto the bonnet of the car and left clinging to the windscreen wipers.“I just play it over in my head, over and over again – it’s pretty scare being on the bonnet of someone’s car who wants you off,” he said.“I was on my knees on the bonnet holding on to the windscreen wipers and I was trying my hardest to rip the windscreen wiper off.”Mr Hicks said he was on the car for about five seconds, but in that time was carried more than 50 metres up the road.He said the car reached speeds of 50km/h while swerving violently to shake him off.Eventually, about 20 seconds later, Mr Hicks realised the danger he was in and let go of the car.“They were going faster and faster, we would have been going 50km/h when I jumped off,” he said.And despite it being a snap decision, Mr Hicks said he would do exactly the same thing if confronted with the scene again.“I don’t regret what I have done, I would do it again,” he said.Mr Hicks estimates his tool collection cost him about $30,000.“You definitely build a relationship up with your tools, there’s definitely sentimental value – they have much more sentimental value to them,” Mr Hicks said.Nothing was stolen during the incident.However, he did think that the knee imprints in the bonnet of the Holden Commodore would make the car stand out.The male offenders are both believed to be in their mid 20s, with the driver described as having a slim build with brown collar-length hair.Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppers.com.au.- with Angus ThompsonWright By:kevin,Tags:ed hardyed hardy clothingChristian AudigierGonski schools report calls for massive overhaul to bridge learning gap - Herald Sun
Julia Gillard and Peter Garrett with David Gonski (centre), who headed the review into school funding. Picture: Ray Strange Source: Herald Sun DISADVANTAGED students will score extra funding in a $5 billion education shake-up designed to stop Australia falling behind.
The newly-released Gonski review into school funding recommends the country's best performing schools be studied to decide how much a good education costs per student.
That amount would be guaranteed per student, although how much governments contribute will be based on parents' ability to pay.
Extra money would be given to schools based on their remoteness and size and whether students are indigenous, have limited English, are disabled or are of a low-socioeconomic background to help them learn.
Government schools would be fully taxpayer-funded and non-government schools would receive 20 to 25 per cent of student's funding from governments.
Independent schools that cater to children with very high needs could also qualify for full government funding.
The levels protect a Gillard Government promise that no student would lose a $1 of funding.
The report also says all schools, especially government schools, should seek out philanthropic partners for money and expertise.
The new arrangements would cost about $5 billion per year more than current funding arrangements, with the Federal Government to bear 30 per cent of the increase.
The report suggested indicative amounts as a starting point for federal, state and territory governments to consider.
The resource standard would be around $8000 per primary student and $10,500 per secondary student.
"These indicative amounts provide a plausible and acceptable starting point for further work," the report said.
It said the reading skills of Australian school students have fallen to seventh in the world from equal second while students' maths skills have plummeted from fifth to 13th in the world.
And the gap in literacy between disadvantaged and advantaged students is equivalent to almost three years of schooling.
But it says changes to funding will not lift results alone and other reforms to address innovative learning and a culture of high expectations among teachers and principals.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said it was worrying that Australian children were not keeping up with their Asian neighbours and disadvantaged students were being left behind.
She said she wanted a national debate on the recommended changes to see real reform.
"Standing still with todays education system means we will fall further and further and further and further behind the standards of the world because other nations are not standing still," she said.
"So we will be there, with sleeves rolled up."
PM Julia Gillard holds a joint press conference with David Gonski and School Education Minister Peter Garrett (at left) following today's public release of the Gonski Review into schools funding. Picture: Ray StrangeSchool Education Minister Peter Garrett said work would begin immediately to develop and model elements of the proposed new funding system.
"We'll take a set of funding principles to be agreed at the next COAG (Council of Australian Government) and we'll begin working immediately with states and territories and non-government sectors to develop and test a new funding model," Mr Garrett said.
But the Government has already ruled out a significant expansion of the Commonwealth capital funding role.
"In some areas, the Australian Government believes that the scope of proposed new funding contributions may be too large," the Government's written response to the report said.
It said the Australian Government had recently completed the largest ever program of capital investment of schools and "we do not envisage the significant expansion of the Commonwealth's capital funding role".
Ms Gillard rejected a remark by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott that a new funding scheme would disadvantage independent schools, saying there was no "hit list".
She accused Mr Abbott of planning to cut more than $2 billion in funding for schools.
"He said, 'Get rid of computers in schools; get rid of trade training centres; get rid of investments in teacher quality, and get rid of investments in disadvantaged schools'," she said.
"So that's his pitch to the nation - cuts, cuts, cuts."
Mr Abbott told reporters today it was in Labor's DNA to attack independent schools.
- with AAP
marszalekj@heraldsun.com.au
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