February 10, 2015
By Harrieta Cook
A growing number of Victorian schools (click here) are grappling with the radicalisation of students and parents, the Australian Principals Federation has warned.
One Melbourne principal told Fairfax Media two children at their government primary school had parents who were fighting for Islamic State in Syria.
It comes as the Education Department appoints a senior adviser to work with government and non-government schools to promote racial and religious tolerance and social cohesion.
New APF Victorian branch president Peter Kearney said the organisation received frequent inquiries from principals who were struggling to deal with the radicalised behaviour of students and parent....
February 10, 2015
By Nick Mckenzie, Richard Baker and Michael Bachelard
A man police suspect was a mastermind of the Bali Nine (click here) drug importation is living a life of luxury in Sydney while two junior members of his syndicate, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, await the firing squad in Bali.
The man's lavish lifestyle is funded by a multimillion-dollar lottery pay out, which he won about the time the two young Australians, who acted as the local leaders of the syndicate in Bali, were being sentenced to death.
Former senior police sources said the man has previously been the subject of police drug trafficking investigations. He is believed to have halted his criminal activities after he quite literally won the lottery....
By Harrieta Cook
A growing number of Victorian schools (click here) are grappling with the radicalisation of students and parents, the Australian Principals Federation has warned.
One Melbourne principal told Fairfax Media two children at their government primary school had parents who were fighting for Islamic State in Syria.
It comes as the Education Department appoints a senior adviser to work with government and non-government schools to promote racial and religious tolerance and social cohesion.
New APF Victorian branch president Peter Kearney said the organisation received frequent inquiries from principals who were struggling to deal with the radicalised behaviour of students and parent....
February 10, 2015
By Nick Mckenzie, Richard Baker and Michael Bachelard
A man police suspect was a mastermind of the Bali Nine (click here) drug importation is living a life of luxury in Sydney while two junior members of his syndicate, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, await the firing squad in Bali.
The man's lavish lifestyle is funded by a multimillion-dollar lottery pay out, which he won about the time the two young Australians, who acted as the local leaders of the syndicate in Bali, were being sentenced to death.
Former senior police sources said the man has previously been the subject of police drug trafficking investigations. He is believed to have halted his criminal activities after he quite literally won the lottery....
