
Government moves to end 'period poverty' in SA schools
Free pads and tampons will be made available to students in every South Australian public school, following a successful trial aimed at reducing “period poverty”.
Free pads and tampons will be made available to students in every South Australian public school, following a successful trial aimed at reducing “period poverty”.
A secret document on projected public school enrolments and capacity in South Australia is being kept under wraps because of concerns it could cause “unnecessary stress and concern” for the community and harm future planning around land acquisition and zoning.
Get InDaily in your inbox. Daily. The best local news sent straight to your inbox every workday at lunchtime.
Thanks for signing up to the InDaily newsletter.
The Education Department is advertising for a communications adviser specifically to help it promote the move of Year 7 from primary to high school, prompting accusations it’s bringing in “spin doctors” to try to convince the public the reform is “on track”.
More than two years after pledging to track school dropouts in a bid to improve retention rates, the Education Minister says a report is imminent – but the Opposition is accusing him of dragging the chain.
South Australians will only be able to gather with up to ten people at home and must remain seated while drinking alcohol at pubs and clubs under new restrictions being brought in from midnight tomorrow after the state today recorded two new COVID-19 cases.
Adelaide TAFE admin workers held stopwork action today as the public sector union rails against “sudden and drastic restructures” it argues are “creating chaos” within the vocational education provider, “compromising course delivery, leaving students in limbo and staff overwhelmed”.
The State Government will prorogue parliament at the beginning of the new year, killing off all proposed legislation that didn’t make into law this year and promising a “bold”, renewed agenda for the start of 2020.