Will the Gonski reforms force Australians to choose between their heads and their hearts come election time? Tony Windsor believes voters will have to sacrifice middle class welfare to get it done. It will make for a clear electoral divide.
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Comments PolicyEducation can only proceed in a clement environment based on values in society (Gillard's Gonski election gamble, February 1). Citizens marinating in alcohol , drugs , and captivated by the thuggery in sport , or gunplay in the suburbs are not likely to be receptive to meaningful instruction . Money will not be the answer . Decency honesty and a due regard for others together with sobriety healthy lifestyle could be a start . Only those who have a value for education can be advantaged , and only in an environment without lout behaviour in the classroom
Let the games begin (Gillard's Gonski election gamble, February 1).
First question - who pays for this reform, and how?
Second question - if education reform was so important, why wasn't it dealt with by this government during the two preceding periods?
Third question - who is going to introduce discipline back into schools? Education requires discipline.
Tony Windsor finally indicates he understands we can't have it all.
The one thing we do have to insulate is any changes to the tax on superannuation - one of the things that helps the whole country is investment in super. We need to keep confidence in the system.
There is some truth in Geoffrey comment (Gillard's Gonski election gamble, February 1), anyway our three or four musketeers are a disgrace to our democracy, but they are not the only ones in parliament by a long margin, so no point talking about them.
Lets also put a quota on the number of lawyers in our parliaments so that some can prepare real policies rather than keep talking about increasing taxes, and so that some can implement these policies properly with the necessary strategic planning skills that helps to shape them, these skills are in short supply in parliament and inside our TV boxes.
May be we also need to limit politicians on Q&A Panels the Art of Influencing people is looking more and more like Kafka, may be I am too kind, more like Ubu Roi, the theatre of the absurd, there are many people in Australia with Charisma and skills in the Art of influencing others, in Sports, Arts, Economics but they are rarely eligible because not members of any political party, and they are rarely on TV panels.