Parents switch off NAPLAN
The value of the nationwide NAPLAN tests has been called into question with a principal in Canberra advising parents to avoid it
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Ghostnets haunt the Gabba
A stunning exhibition of clothes, creatures and creations woven from nets retrieved from the ocean in the far north of Australia is showing at Woolloongabba Art Gallery.
The works are remarkable in their own right: beautiful, striking, evocative and complex as the international interest in them has shown. The back story, though, gives this exhibition an extra couple of dimensions that will considerably broaden interest in it.
Cheap drugs on the table in Lima
Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme under attack at Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations underway in Lima.
Expo ’88 – a lot to celebrate?
Jimmy Wall asks whether Expo ’88 provided cause for celebration for everyone in the local area.
New environment laws increase flood risk
Lockyer resident Diane Bruhn has produced evidence showing that clearing riverine trees increases sedimentation and increases flood risk. She said that the Queensland Government has used the recent floods as an excuse to repeal the sections of the water act controlling clearing of land in the riparian zone of Queensland’s rivers and streams.
Qld amends 18 nature laws
Robin McConchie QLD Country Hour The Queensland Government has passed sweeping changes to rural land and water regulations. It’s amended 18 pieces of legislation, to implement some of the recommendations of the Floods Inquiry. The changes include extending the expiry date for water licences from 10 to 99 years, and removing the need to get a Continue Reading →