PM sets new gap school attendance target

EducationHQ News Team

By EducationHQ News Team
Published February 12, 2014

CANBERRA, Feb 12 - Prime Minister Tony Abbott has proposed a new target to dramatically improve the school attendance of Indigenous ...

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