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This Federal election, Canberrans won't just be choosing leaders - they'll be choosing if they want sauce or onions at polling day barbecues.  

Urgent action is required to fix systemic failures in the way the ACT public education system handles complaints, says the ACT Council of Parents and Citizens Associations.

The ACT’s peak body for public school parents is deeply concerned over rising incidents of violence against bus drivers. We’re really disappointed to see school students taking the blame for what is a broader community issue.  

The ACT Council of Parents & Citizens Associations, the parent voice on public education, is extremely disappointed and disturbed that a student may have been subject to a restrictive practice in an ACT public school.

ACT’s peak body for public school parents is disappointed to see that public education will receive the bare minimum in today’s Budget allocations - with funding to repair leaky school roofs, teach children to read and write, and ensure some students are fed. 

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