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EDUCATION
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Fix this textMarch 29. 2004
Fix this textState Budget to coincide with salaries deadline
Fix this textby Maree O’Halloran
Fix this textThe State Government has delayed
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Fix this textA final decision from the Industrial
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Fix this text□ the State Government to meet
Fix this textFederation’s justified claim of 25
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Fix this textThe 2003 State Budget cut fund-
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Fix this textCatholic schools deal
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Fix this textNelson turns his back on public education
Fix this textFederal Education Minister Dr Brendan Nelson met a loud protest
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Fix this textTwo governments — one message
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Fix this textTAFE teachers strike
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Fix this textTAFE TA Secretary Linda Simon
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Fix this textAndrew Rylewski and Fiona Johnson from the Western Sydney Free
Fix this textTAFE student group won $100 for the best student sign at the rally for
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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