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- Comment on Sound it out: Victorian children improve reading ‘leaps and bounds’ thanks to phonics 2 days ago:
It was some New Age NZ woman who destroyed reading education in the Anglosphere despite her anti-phonics method having been disproven in a study at the time.
- Comment on Sound it out: Victorian children improve reading ‘leaps and bounds’ thanks to phonics 2 days ago:
Surprisingly, NSW outsmarted Victoria on this…
In 2015, a report from the New South Wales Department of Education,[4] concluded that Reading Recovery was largely ineffective, and should not be used for most children.[5] As a result, in 2016, Reading Recovery lost its “mandated status” as part of the curriculum in NSW’s more than 900 public schools, although individual schools may still opt to use it.[6] A further consequence of this shift in policy is that, in 2017, the NSW Department of Education initiated a hiring program to recruit dozens of new literacy and numeracy experts to support teachers in “evidence-based professional learning”, according to NSW Minister for Education, Rob Stokes.
- Comment on Abortion pills to be easier to access after Greens bill passes in NSW despite opposition from Tony Abbott 5 days ago:
Why is the headline mentioning Abbott? How is he relevant?
It should say with “Opposition leader support”. Am impressed with his stance.
- Comment on Should You Cover Your Laptop Camera When It’s Not in Use? 1 week ago:
Article suggests workaround.
- Comment on Voters, ‘left media’ to blame for Coalition wipeout: Rinehart 2 weeks ago:
Even Grok thinks reality has a left wing bias gizmodo.com/elon-musks-grok-ai-has-a-problem-its-…
- Comment on Voters, ‘left media’ to blame for Coalition wipeout: Rinehart 2 weeks ago:
She is one of the few billionaires who does pay tax though.
- Comment on The hills are alive with the sound of music! 🎶🎵 2 weeks ago:
No different to most pop music.
- Comment on Liquid Trees 2 weeks ago:
Not all tree species destroy sidewalks.
- Comment on Liquid Trees 2 weeks ago:
In Australian temperate climate areas we have the brush box whose roots do not cause these problems. Unfortunately evergreen, casting shade in winter.
- Comment on Can someone explain Australian parties to me? 2 weeks ago:
Doof!
- Comment on Honest Government Ad | How To Vote 2025 2 weeks ago:
My friend repeated the process and this time got a sensible result (ToP were suggested last).
He confesses that what may have happened the first time is that, because ToP have scored the top position on the lower house ballot in his electorate, he might have kneejerk reacted to the order of appearance rather than suggested numbering.
- Comment on Honest Government Ad | How To Vote 2025 2 weeks ago:
which electorate?
Parramatta
- Comment on Honest Government Ad | How To Vote 2025 2 weeks ago:
Hmmm. Whois says a climate activist has registered the domain. Doesn’t add up. Still leaving my comment in case others experience similar.
- Comment on Honest Government Ad | How To Vote 2025 2 weeks ago:
Really? My leftie friend got recommended Trumpet of Patriots. I can’t be bothered trying it myself.
So I suspect it is a site owned by Palmer which recommends him randomly for users (randomly to evade easy replication to prove it).
- Comment on A minority Labor government could be truly progressive – and the conservatives know it | Lenore Taylor 3 weeks ago:
I didn’t like Greens’
- support of the Digital Identity Bill
- support for Hamas
- Larissa Waters: “I believe women”
But they will probably get my #1 in the lower house and probably preference flows in the upper.
I won’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
- Comment on Friday essay: ‘War has made me a pacifist’. Why are we so reluctant to acknowledge Australia’s anti-war veterans? 3 weeks ago:
Yes we can isolate it.
Israel isn’t going anywhere despite the Hamas “From the river to the sea…” delusion.
Palestinians aren’t going anywhere either but now we have extreme right wingers in Israel adopting a similar catchphrase.
- Comment on Friday essay: ‘War has made me a pacifist’. Why are we so reluctant to acknowledge Australia’s anti-war veterans? 3 weeks ago:
A pacifist will always supoort self defence, like the Palestinians in Gaza
October 7 was not self defense.
- Comment on Council votes again to dump public EV fast charging station after TV news report 3 weeks ago:
Am always surprised by how little it costs to bribe Australian politicians.
- Comment on Council votes again to dump public EV fast charging station after TV news report 3 weeks ago:
mayor Adam Belot was basing his about-face on the heavily-debunked Channel 7 News report on nickel manufacturing in Indonesia,
- Comment on ‘No quick wins’: China has the world’s first operational thorium nuclear reactor 3 weeks ago:
Bear in mind that this is from the nuclear energy industry with a bias such as claiming nuclear is necessary for net zero carbon emissions by 2049 (ignoring pumped hydro storage of renewable energy).
- Comment on Solar Panel Waste is Tiny—Coal & Gas Emit Hundreds Of Times Mass Per MWh - CleanTechnica 3 weeks ago:
What astounds me is the number of useful idiots propagating the lies who don’t even own shares.
It is inexplicable why they want to see renewables fail so I put it down to mental illness (despising/distrusting educated stances, lumping renewables with the “woke” conspiracy).
- Comment on From $30 parmigianas to $15 pints, can Australia still afford the pub? 4 weeks ago:
patrioticmillionaires.uk has none of that. The sister group. The committee at the top of the list, Gary Stevenson has a #1 best seller in the UK, gets 1.2m YouTube views per week, and has excellent credentials.
- Comment on Australia’s biggest industrial polluter receives millions in carbon credits despite rising emissions 4 weeks ago:
Carbon tax is harder to evade. Unfortunately the fossil fuel billionaires convinced Australians to vote against it and against their own interests.
- Comment on From $30 parmigianas to $15 pints, can Australia still afford the pub? 4 weeks ago:
It’s a problem in the global west not just Australia: the wealth gap keeps increasing even under Labor here or Labour in UK. Tax wealth not work.
- Comment on How Differential Privacy Works 5 weeks ago:
Isn’t that just peppering (or is it salting) the data?
- Comment on Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes 5 weeks ago:
Price Ticket from Australia and another 24 hours in flight are a big deal too. Not to mention contractual obligations to perform.
- Comment on Australian comedian ditches US trip due to concern she could be denied entry over Trump jokes 5 weeks ago:
Officials may ask to inspect your electronic devices, emails, text messages or social media accounts. If you refuse, they can deny your entry
Let’s remember that this has been the case for years for anyone entering Australia too.
- Comment on Close to 500k Australians could have missed out on savings at the pharmacy [from the PBS Safety Net] 5 weeks ago:
Prescriptions are only a small part of our health record.
- Comment on Where will my vote go? 1 month ago:
I understand.
- Comment on Where will my vote go? 1 month ago:
Bad example. Nationals don’t actually represent the interests they claim to. They only continue to be a power because of generational inertia.