It left the decision to pick just one dux too hard. “It was really exciting, there was about three of us that we knew it was down to, but mainly us two, so we were wondering whether it would flip one way or another, Clerke said.
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A new mandatory NCEA literacy and numeracy test could be too tough for some pupils. The Education Ministry has unveiled draft versions of standards that secondary school students will have to pass to get any level of NCEA from 2023. “I had kind of always had this hope, so when it actually happened I was just ecstatic.
Phillip Frazer
You may have seen headlines last week about the argy-bargy in the Senate over a ‘cashless credit card’ system for paying income support. These are payments made by the Treasury to cover some or all living costs for people disadvantaged by disability, youth, old age, being a carer or a student, or unemployed or underemployed, and more.
Why this is in the news now is that the Morrison government wants that money, which has traditionally been paid into people’s bank accounts, to be paid instead to a private company called Indue. If you are in the system you’re supposed to use the Indue debit card to buy things, except it can’t be used anywhere that offers alcohol, drugs, or gambling.
Through the Lens Photography Club have released their limited edition calendar for 2021.
The group has been selling the calendar in Donabate in what has become an annual club fundraising drive.
The calendar has enjoyed great
popularity over the last few years and makes an ideal gift to send to loved ones who live abroad, or indeed a welcome Christmas present anywhere.
The calendar is the clubs only fundraising activity for the year and this year, it will also be donating €500 from the proceeds to the local St Vincent de Paul Society.
If anyone would like to order a calendar for delivery, contact Carolyn Smith 0879284307 or 0894072523.
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Lawyer facing jail over $6 million fraud A lawyer who defrauded millions from elderly clients and used the money to buy a luxury home is facing jail.
Crime by Steve Zemek 17th Dec 2020 6:40 PM A disgraced lawyer who funnelled millions of dollars from the estates of deceased elderly clients and splurged on a luxury eastern suburbs home is set to be sent to jail, a court has heard. Mark Leo O Brien, 64, and his wife Therese O Brien, 63, hung their heads as the Downing Centre District Court on Thursday heard details of how they misappropriated more than $6.1 million from his Edgecliff-based law firm over a three-year period.