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John Frew
John Frew worked in public education, including as foundation principal at a secondary school for students with Conduct Disorder and Oppositional Disturbance. John since founded the Frew Consultants Group which provides a range of supportive resources for teachers who manage children with severe behaviour problems.
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Labor abandons public education
Nothing coming from Albanese and the Labor government offers any hope for public schools. Continue reading »
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The Watchers – Directors of educational decline
A word that comes to mind when thinking about the plight of those left in NSW Public Schools is dystopia, the antonym of utopia. Continue reading »
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“The fish has died”: The demise of NSW public schools
Conditions in Australian public schools are at crisis level. In searching for a cause, there is a Chinese proverb ‘The fish rots from the head’. A clear-cut example is the Department of Education in NSW, where modern neo-liberal, rational management of a public service has failed under current leadership. Continue reading »
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Public Education – a test for the ALP
The ALP has to attend to the shameful state of public education. Attempts to shift the responsibility on to the Coalition may be appealing but the geneses of these conditions lies at the feet of Julia Gillard. There is no doubt Gillard cared about education; you could not doubt her commitment to improving the learning Continue reading »
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Peter Dutton 2.0 – The re-imagining
Peter Dutton and more importantly Murdoch understand that for Dutton to succeed he must radically change his public persona to reveal the real Peter; one who lives in a ‘wonderful family environment’ where his ‘self-deprecating sense of humour’ is witness to his true character. And there has been plenty of support for this make-over with Continue reading »
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Back to class: public school Covid protocols ‘full of holes’
Teachers and students returning to school in NSW won’t find themselves in Covid-safe conditions, John Frew writes. Continue reading »
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When the truth is inconvenient: how lying allows politicians to propser
The truth is becoming increasingly unimportant in our politics and Parliament — and this bodes ill for civilised society and the survival of democracy. Continue reading »
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The ABC continues to deny right-wing bias by The Drum.
It is was with some sadness that I penned an article indicating what I saw as a right-winged bias by The Drum in its selection of some panellists. Since that article, I have continued to exchange correspondence with the ABC and I believe that the thread of responses mirrors the same tactics the Government uses Continue reading »
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The Drum shows continued right-wing bias in its panelist selections
Like many Australians who take an active interest in our country’s politics I have been an avid follower of the ABC’s week-day current affairs program The Drum. I find the other news outlets have a right-wing preference in their reporting and so I have relied on the ABC for a balanced interpretation of each day’s Continue reading »
