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Only around a third of enrolled students are still attending state schools in South Australia, with the Education Union warning of “significant serious health and safety concerns” on sites and questioning the Marshall Government’s messaging to parents.
Arts & Culture
A long-awaited concert hall for Adelaide looks increasingly likely, as the State Government begins investigating overseas venues and consulting SA arts organisations as part of a strategy to be finalised by the end of this year.
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UPDATED: The SA teachers’ union says parents should not send their children to school if they have concerns about the spread of COVID-19, amid claims public schools are without hand sanitiser and classes are unable to practice social distancing.
The state’s peak doctors’ union has issued a plea for calm amid claims widespread theft of hand sanitiser dispensers from hospitals could fuel a looming shortage, as the Marshall Government today moved to bolster frontline health capacity with the opening of two newly-repurposed hospitals.
An Australian epidemiologist recognised for her work combating Ebola virus says South Australian parents not working in essential services should take their children out of school, contradicting Premier Steven Marshall’s strong health advice to the public yesterday.
Premier Steven Marshall has strongly urged parents to continue sending their children to school as he railed against “fake news” being passed around social media about an imminent lockdown.
