
Time to focus on the vulnerable: Vinnies
The need for increased funding to provide food relief in the community, particularly schools, is one of five areas being brought to the attention of voters in the lead up to the State election on March 19.
The need for increased funding to provide food relief in the community, particularly schools, is one of five areas being brought to the attention of voters in the lead up to the State election on March 19.
Equitable funding for Catholic schools and fair access to school buses in regional areas are two issues Catholic Education SA (CESA) wants addressed by political parties in this month’s State election.
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March 19 is the date for the State elections in South Australia and we know that there will be a Federal election in May. As Catholics what ought our response be?
Sitting Member for Hartley Vincent Tarzia is in the fight of his short political life, vying against high profile candidates Nick Xenophon and Grace Portolesi at next year’s State election. But the committed Catholic says whatever the next few months bring, there will be no comparison to the challenges he faced in his last year of schooling at Rostrevor College.
Principals, parents and school communities across South Australia are stepping up the pressure on the State Government and Opposition in a bid to secure a better funding deal for Catholic schools.
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