'Frustration' led to my attack on Andrews: Tehan

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published May 4, 2020

Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has withdrawn remarks made over Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' leadership, conceding frustration over schooling in the state during the COVID-19 crisis led to his extraordinary attack.

On ABC television's Insiders program on Sunday, Tehan lashed Andrews' handling of the controversial issue of opening schools during the ...

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