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Macquarie University/The Lighthouse A new book traces the story of an Indigenous-only group credited with altering the course of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education in Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this story contains images and names of deceased persons. The late Indigenous Australian actor and musician Stephen Albert played many roles, but one of his most significant was his stint aged just 27 as the first Chair of the National Aboriginal Education Committee (NAEC) from 1977 to 1981. Strong leaders: The all-Indigenous members of the...

13 Apr 2021 Schools in Melbourne, Australia, have been called upon to abandon using words such as ‘mum’ and ‘dad’ in favour of more so-called gender-inclusive language. As a part of the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network’s #SpeakingUpSpeaksVolumes campaign, which aims to support ‘LGBTQI+’ children in schools, the advocacy group has suggested that schools in Melbourne fly rainbow flags, scrap single-sex bathrooms, and introduce non-gendered sports teams. The campaign has also called for teachers, as well as pupils, to refrain from using words such as ‘boyfriend’,...

Schools in Melbourne are being urged to use gender neutral pronouns and scrap 'mum and dad' in favour of 'parent' as part of a campaign to improve inclusivity for LGBTQI+ students. Unisex bathrooms, non-gendered sporting teams and the flying of rainbow flags to are also recommended to improve inclusivity.  Some schools are even being encouraged to stop teachers and pupils from using words including mum, dad and boyfriend in a controversial bid to banish gendered words.  Instead, 'parent' and 'partner' is preferred.   The suggestions were made by the North Western Melbourne Primary Health ...