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EDUCATION
Fix this textJournal of the New South Wales Teachers Federation
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Fix this textMarch 5, 2012 V0193N02
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Fix this textThe Gonski review has called for governments to immediately increase
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Fix this textThe Australian Education Union campaign bus has been touring marginal federal electorates as part of the push to turn the
Fix this textGonski review recommendations into legislation. See stories pages 5 and 6.
Fix this textMaurie Mulheron
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Fix this text"Greater support for govern-
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Fix this textAustralia will only slip further
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Fix this textIn essence, these two state-
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Fix this textthe Review of Funding for School-
Fix this texting, chaired by David Gonski,
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Fix this textThe much-awaited final report
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