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NEW CHAMP? Marrickville PCYC is the base for Fencing NSW and NSW coach and former Italian Olympic coach Antonio Signorello, says Australia’s next champion will be from Marrickville. The PCYC is home to many different sporting classes though and local youth are encouraged to try them out.
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NSW Premier, Barry O’Farrell has signed up to the Federal Government’s Gonski reforms making NSW the first state in the country to do so.
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ormer State Education Minister Carmel Tebbutt has welcomed the State Government’s decision to sign up to the Federal Government’s Gonski education reforms. The Marrickville MP said it was great news for the entire school community, and joined Opposition Leader John Robertson in pushing for Federal Liberal Leader, Tony Abbott to fully support the reforms. “The Gonski reforms mean additional funding
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for students across NSW, particularly disadvantaged students, helping to lift their performance and providing lifelong benefits,” she explained. It was announced on Tuesday that NSW would be the fi rst state to sign up to the reforms. NSW Premier, Barry O’Farrell said the reforms were in the best interest of students, parents and teachers, and had identified the $1.7 billion in savings needed to fund the State Government’s share of the reforms. “Gonski provides more resources and fairer distribution and aims to achieve higher standards and a better education for every NSW
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child,” Mr O’Farrell said. “Th is is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for NSW schools.” The agreement will provide NSW schools with additional investment totalling around $5 billion over six years. Of this, the Federal Government will contribute 65 per cent and the NSW Government 35 per cent. On top of this, the Federal Government has committed to grow its school education spending by 4.7 per cent per year from 2014 into 2015 and throughout the agreement. In return, NSW has agreed to grow its own school budget by 3 per cent per year from 2016 onwards.
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