Proud public school Principal. Married to my beautiful wife, Janice, with two incredible children, Robert and Natasha
New South Wales, Australia
Joined March 2018
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Peter South retweeted
Thank you to my colleagues from the Taree, Hastings & Great Lakes networks for taking the time to engage with me during today’s Roundtable at Chatham HS. I appreciated hearing directly from you about the ways the recent flood event has affected our people & school communities.
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Peter South retweeted
So Group L is the Public Education Party, in the legislative council. The big ballot paper.
Peter South retweeted
Education is the cornerstone of a strong society. That's why we’re calling on voters in NSW to vote 1 for the Public Education Party on March 25th. #PublicEducation #NSWElection
Learn more at publiceducationparty.org.au/
Hey @telstra, how does someone go about making a complaint regarding your absolute sub-standard service? The "Telstra app" doesn't recognise the word "complaint" (seriously). All my phone calls end up on hold for 30 minutes before I end up with an OS call centre with no idea.
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Peter South retweeted
Barnaby Joyce racked up $675,000 in expenses in 3 weeks as drought envoy. He says he sent texts to PM Scott Morrison who blocks FOI requests & refuses to hand over phone records.
Retweet if you want to see these texts or a police investigation or both? Your taxes are up in smoke!
COVID and schools: Australia is about to feel the full brunt of its teacher shortage
abc.net.au/news/2022-01-19/c…
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If I seem pissed regarding gov response to COVID it might be because they completely ignored the advice of economists and medical experts and "let it rip" purely for idealogical reasons. Then my 82 yr old father has surgery to remove a growth behind his eye cancelled as a result!
Wife & I looking at ditching @nrmainsurance after almost 30 years. Over 10 months to repair hail damage on my car. Over 5 months for her car and they want it for a month to do it! Have friends already repaired from same storm. Suggestions for a reliable customer centred insurer??
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Peter South retweeted
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“If we were in Victoria or Queensland, there would be no legal controversy or intimidation of teachers preparing to strike. It is the law in NSW – not the teachers – that is the problem. It is time this anomaly was rectified.”
Most non-gov schools have finished for the year, their teachers have an extra couple of weeks pupil-free to try to catch up on all the admin, planning and learning that have been piled on our profession in recent years. Why can't the same happen in public schools? #MoreThanThanks
Not the whole solution, but it would be a sensible start. Make GENUINE reductions in admin, increase time to do the work we have to do - so we can do it well, increase salary to match other professions - make teaching attractive. Not rocket science, common sense. #MoreThanThanks
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To clarify, NSW is a state and Sydney is a city within that state. I acknowledge what Sydney schools have been going through but announcements that NSW students are returning to school today is misleading when we have been back at school in most regional areas for some time.
The EARLIEST my 55yr old wife could book her COVID vaccine in Coffs Harbour was 2 weeks time at hospital (she booked > month ago). They rang today and told her if she wanted (?) Pfizer she had to go to back of queue and wait 60 MORE days! She is on medication for blood pressure!
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