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Daily Discussion Thread:🌷Mon 15 Apr 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The issue was that Jeff Kennett

So much of the states problems could start that way.

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

My area is still recovering from all the secondary school closures. There used to be quite a few, and now there's a population explosion in the area and only 2 high schools bursting at the seams with 2,000 students each! Makes me so mad!

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah. I was quite young when he was in so not familiar with much more than that, but it seems like he had a lasting impact.

It's probably really good the institutions were closed due to the human rights violations. But austerity and cuts in mental health have done so much damage.