I was interested to read of the loud condemnations by Morris Iemma and Kevin Rudd of the cover of the latest issue of Art Monthly Australia. The cover features detail from a print of Polixeni Papapetrou’s Olympia as Lewis Carroll’s Beatrice Hatch before White Cliffs. In this artwork, the artist’s then six year old daughter, Olympia Nelson, is portrayed naked. Read more »
The Age: Equality in education is a dying concept (Kenneth Davidson) Read more »
“Genie” Wiley survived appalling abuse at the hands of her father
The other day there was a picture in the newspaper of some neglected children standing in a backyard cluttered with rubbish.
Lots of posts at Game Theorist this weekend including: Read more »
Crikey is reporting today that a leaked progress report demonstrates that the Northern Territory Intervention, now just short of a year old, is “a shambles”. It’s worth reading the full story, but it’s also interesting to note that Mal “who will think of the children?” Brough has admitted that the thing was cobbled together in 48 hours, as just about everyone suspected at the time. Read more »
The Age: Equality in education is a dying concept (Kenneth Davidson) Read more »
The full report can be found here (long).
Just the recommendations are here (brief). Read more »
A ton of activity this week at Game Theorist: Read more »
Bill Henson image from the Robert Miller Gallery. Read more »
At Crikey Stephen Mayne’s been following the fall and fall of Eddie Groves’ ABC Learning, commenting on the latest financial news:
There is no doubt that ABC Learning is desperate for the cash after almost going broke courtesy of paying too much to become the world’s biggest childcare company.
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