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School relocation
THE RELOCATION of the Riverland Special School has been ongoing since 2004 when the governments wanted to redevelop the existing site when there was around 40 plus students.
Embellished headline
IN REFERENCE to the police report headed 'Teen bashed at fundraiser' in a recent edition of The Murray Pioneer (30/3/10), I would like to express my disappointment in your reporting of the incident.
- An actor wins Australian of the Year, promises not to "pontificate on everything and anything", then does exactly that, with asylum seekers at the top of his list.
- A deliberately provocative university study on people who fly Australia Day flags from their cars finds – among other things – that 56 per cent of them fear Australian culture and its most important values are in danger, and that 91 per cent think migrant Australians should adopt Australian values, compared to 76 per cent of ‘flag free’ people. Flag fliers are immediately labelled ‘racist’ by the mainstream media.
- An Order of Australia Medal recipient and dual NSW Australian of the Year finalist chooses an Australia Day-themed speech to declare that Australia is still a racist country.
- A Sydney newspaper reports it will become compulsory for all primary and secondary school students to be taught why some people call Australia Day ‘Invasion Day’.
What a confusing few days for anyone contemplating what Australia Day does and should mean for our country.
The above examples may include debates worth having and points worth making, but their timing highlights the fact that in modern Australia, every occasion is used to shove some kind of political message – from all sides – down our throats, much of it as subtle as a sledgehammer.
Political opportunism is the name of the game, and any chance to score a point or drive an agenda is taken.
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