Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - Page 11
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Best for Tony’s cancer fight
RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION CASE LOST
■ Nine Entertainment Co. CEO David Gyngell has conveyed the best wishes of the network to veteran cricket commentator Tony Greig who has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
Calendar Girls at Rosebud
Briefs Service
● Audrey Bennett ■ A service for the late Audrey Bennett, known to 3AW radio audiences as ‘Audrey The Ballerina’, was due to be held in Brunswick yesterday (Tues.) as we went to press.
Accused ■ Marko Peselj, 41, of Reedy Lakes Rd, Leopold, cleaner, has appeared in Geelong Magistrates' Court accused of stealing $130,000 in property and cash. He faces 60 charges relating to burglary and theft.
Nursing ■ Observer columnist Yvonne Lawrence is playing the role of nurse, tending to her husband Peter Bedwell who has suffered a serious shoulder injury. We wish them well. Yvonne’s column will return.
● Yvonne Lawrence
■ A legal case about regligious education in state schools has been lost at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal. Vice-President Judge Timothy Ginnane last Thursday published his decision in a case brought against the Victorian State Government by Sophie Aitken and others. Three parents of children at three Victorian State primary schools, two in suburban Melbourne and one in country Victoria, brought the proceedings against the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. The parents alleged that the method of providing special religious instruction in those schools involved direct discrimination against their children. A Christian special religious instruction class was provided in each school, and in one school a Baha’i faith program was also provided. In one school, the majority of students did not participate, and in two schools, the majority did. The parents complained that the children were discriminated against because those not participating were identified and separated from their classmates, and there was a lack of curriculum instruction during SRI classes for those not attending. Judge Ginnane said the parents had not established that the State of Victoria had engaged in any discrimination against the eight chuildren in the case. “Parliament authorised the provision of SRI in Victoria more than 60 years ago,” the Judge said. He said the evidence did not establish that nonattenders were treated in any discriminating manner.
● Southern Peninsula Players’ Calendar Girls opens on in Rosebud on November 8 and runs until November 18 at the Rosebud Memorial Hall under the direction of Trudi MacKenzie.. The Calendar Girls stepping out in style are from left: Lynn O’Callaghan, Colette Staunton, Lorraine Williams, Shirley Bowen, Jenny Scott, Lorraine Pollard and Linda Morgan. Tickets: $20 Full price, $15 Concession. Bookings: www.spptheatre.org or 5982 2777. The fund-raising calendars are available for $18.50 at the shows or for ordering online at www.spptheatre.org Photo: Evan Knoble of Knoble Arts
‘NOT FIT TO TEACH’ Your Melbourne Observer ■ Peter Barry Chappell has had his teacher’s registration cancelled by the Victorian Institute of Teaching. Institute Disciplinary Proceedings Committee Chair Anne Sarros gave notice on Thursday that Chappell’s registration was being cancelled after he was last month found guilty of serious misconduct and not fit to teach. Under the the Education and Training Reform Act, the Institute may find a teacher has engaged in serious misconduct, has been seriously incompetent and/or is not fit to teach and may make a de-
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