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		<title>No Books? No Libraries?</title>
		<link>http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/no-books-no-libraries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, COBURG SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, VIC. was a new school with dispersed book collections, virtually no non-fiction and lots of computers. (See article in Access, Nov 2007 by  Jennifer Sargeant, Director of Information Resources).  The principal had said there would eventually be a library “of sorts.”  Is there now? Also in 2007, MORDIALLIC SECONDARY [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hubinfo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1430066&amp;post=2391&amp;subd=hubinfo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our response to the government</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The government&#8217;s response to the Report of the House Inquiry into School Libraries and Teacher Librarians is disappointing but not unexpected,  continuing to shift responsibility to states, while the states continue to shift to principals. The same old mantra is given of &#8220;it is a state and territory responsibility&#8221;  while crucial education funding continues to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hubinfo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1430066&amp;post=2364&amp;subd=hubinfo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Government responds to recommendations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:37:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government&#8217;s response to the recommendations of the Report on the Inquiry into School Libraries and Teacher Librarians is now available.  Download it here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hubinfo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1430066&amp;post=2362&amp;subd=hubinfo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>1000 more schools to get the blame</title>
		<link>http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/1000-more-schools-to-get-the-blame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Empowering Local Schools]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Local Decisions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Partnership Agreements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today education minister Peter Garrett issued a release that the National Partnership Agreements will be extended to 1000 more schools next year. Please let parents and citizens know they are being hoodwinked. Write to local papers.  Spread the truth of NPAs and local control. Parents and citizens beware. Global budgeting and staffing in schools is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hubinfo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1430066&amp;post=2355&amp;subd=hubinfo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the iceberg hits the press in WA</title>
		<link>http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/peak-of-the-iceberg-hits-the-press-in-wa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well done WASLA for this start to a much needed media campaign!  Parents and voters need to know.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hubinfo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1430066&amp;post=2342&amp;subd=hubinfo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Students support teacher librarians</title>
		<link>http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/2336/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students in NSW support teacher librarians.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hubinfo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1430066&amp;post=2336&amp;subd=hubinfo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/2329/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inquiry into School Libraries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Minister Garrett, Thank you for the reply through Margaret Banks to our recent correspondence. However, I am afraid either you or Ms Banks have not kept up with recent initiatives of the federal government in supporting educational change in Australian schools. How is it possible to repeat the same responsibility-passing nonsense from four years [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hubinfo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1430066&amp;post=2329&amp;subd=hubinfo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resending Petition Update Today</title>
		<link>http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/resending-petition-update-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inquiry into School Libraries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to all who have supported our petition for Quality School Libraries in Australia.  The original was sent two years ago on 16 November 2009 with 1600 signatures.  An update will now be sent to Julia through Peter Garrett, who needs to be informed of the fact that the federal government DOES have a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hubinfo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1430066&amp;post=2327&amp;subd=hubinfo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Back to the Future with Peter Garrett</title>
		<link>http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/its-back-to-the-future-with-peter-garrett/</link>
		<comments>http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/its-back-to-the-future-with-peter-garrett/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 02:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inquiry into School Libraries]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your letters are being answered, but Garrett&#8217;s office seems to have gone through some time warp!  Replying to your requests for a government response to the teacher librarian Inquiry Report, our federal education minister Peter Garrett is repeating the cop out from four years ago: &#8220;responsibility for the day-to-day management of schools, including allocation of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hubinfo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1430066&amp;post=2317&amp;subd=hubinfo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BER staffing: The Hub asks for Questions on Notice</title>
		<link>http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/ber-staffing-the-hub-asks-for-questions-on-notice/</link>
		<comments>http://hubinfo.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/ber-staffing-the-hub-asks-for-questions-on-notice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[BER library]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One way to try to get information out of governments is to get members to ask Questions on Notice of Ministers, written requests for information often requiring detailed responses concerning government administration. In an attempt to get detailed information on government school library staffing, and especially BER library staffing, the Hub has contacted an opposition member [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hubinfo.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1430066&amp;post=2306&amp;subd=hubinfo&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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