Call for specialist school to go regional
A Riverina woman is calling for a specialist education service for children with special needs to be relocated outside Sydney.
View ArticleLetter campaign fights for Dalwood centre
Opposition education spokesman Adrian Piccoli says the community is backing a letter-writing campaign to save the Dalwood Assessment Centre and Palm Avenue School in Sydney.
View ArticlePressure on to announce Dalwood alternative
A Coonabarabran mother is warning time is running out for the New South Wales Government to develop an alternative service in Sydney for rural children with learning difficulties.
View ArticleDo students want compulsory uni fees?
Your uni could charge you up to $250 for student services if Labor gets its way after the election, but can you afford that?
View ArticleYouth Allowance Bill to be re-introduced
Proposed changes to the criteria for Independent Youth Allowance are expected to be raised in the first sitting of federal parliament which resumes today.
View ArticleNash Youth Allowance win
The Nationals Senator Fiona Nash has welcomed reports the Federal Government is backing down on changes to youth allowance payments to regional students.
View ArticleCSU confident of regional expansion
Charles Sturt University (CSU) expects a decision on Federal funding to expand its reach to regional areas will be made in September.
View ArticleNSW Coalition's promise to restore Dalwood Assessment Centre
The Nationals are vowing to reinstate the former model of a Sydney-based school for rural children with severe learning difficulties, if elected to government.
View ArticlePlans to reinstate old Dalwood program
The new State Government plans to reinstate a Sydney-based four week intensive program for rural students with severe learning difficulties.
View ArticleWhere's our roundtable?
A Nationals senator has labelled the Riverina's exclusion from public hearings on Youth Allowance changes as 'appalling'.
View ArticleLawyer says change policy for disabled student suspensions
The lawyer for a Wagga Wagga woman who is suing the Education Department says the New South Wales Government needs to review its suspension policy for students with a disability.
View ArticleEducation Department defends disability discipline process
The New South Wales Department of Education is defending its approach to the discipline of students with disabilities.
View ArticleElouera student's mum says Piccoli must explain
A Riverina woman says the Education Department's bungling of transport contracts for her son is simply unacceptable.
View ArticleTwo suspended, Piccoli clear over transport bungle
The Member for Murrumbidgee Adrian Piccoli has been cleared of any wrong doing in the bureaucratic bungle behind disruption to the Assisted School Travel Program this term.
View ArticleElouera calls on state to change disability laws
A Riverina disability services provider says special schools are being forced to weigh up their ability to teach older students with disabilities, due to a funding shortfall.
View ArticleRetiring CSU Deputy VC lauded
There has been high praise for the positive impact on the region shown by Charles Sturt University's retiring Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, Professor Ross Chambers.
View ArticleHow a language transformed a town
One community in central west New South Wales has come up with a radical solution to reviving the Wiradjuri language - and it's yielding some astonishing results.
View ArticleIsolated parents call for tutoring allowance
There are calls for parents in remote areas to be paid a subsidy to help deliver education programs to their children.
View ArticleConcern regulation will turn off OOSH workers
It is feared before and after school care co-ordinator numbers in the Riverina will decline due to recent changes to the childcare sector.
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