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EDUCATION
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Fix this textVot. 84 N 0.5 May 12, 2003
Fix this textRefshauge faces major salaries dispute
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Fix this textThe Education Minister before the state
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Fix this textThe Government has yet to make its counter
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Fix this textThe Education Minister after the state
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Fix this textAt least Dr Refshauge will not be a pro-
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Fix this textteachers in the way of a previous Minister,
Fix this textJohn Aquilina. Being an advocate in the
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Fix this textDelma Cavanagh (left) and Lee Batley, seen
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Fix this textby John Irving
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Fix this textTo take the Vinson Report forward the
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Fix this textPublic Education Day provides an ideal
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Fix this textThe first release of the Vinson Report on
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Fix this textThe Vinson Report highlighted the great
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Fix this textThe Report also highlighted that the great-
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Fix this text“Given the difficulties that daily beset
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Fix this text“The evidence of the Inquiry’s fieldwork,
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