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No places for children in ethics classes: Amy McNeilage
CHILDREN are being turned away from ethics classes in public schools because there are not enough volunteers or funding to meet demand. Schools such...
Parents 'left in the dark' about ethics classes
Ethics classes are set to stay in New South Wales schools, but there are claims parents may not necessarily be told about them.
Opting out of religion only way in to ethics
PARENTS will not be told of the availability of ethics classes in their school until after they have opted out of special religious education, or...
Moves for school ethics program
BOGANGAR Public School is looking to introduce an ethics program to complement its religious education classes.
Demand at school for ethics classes
ETHICS classes are in high demand at Burraneer Bay Public School, where its one and only available lesson is already filled to capacity.
Bloodyminded Bible bashing of ethical choices
FOR those who prefer their reading material spiced up with a little blood and gore, the Bible is quite the page-turner. Animal sacrifice, being...
Uproar at NSW school ethics hearing
A NSW upper house inquiry into school ethics classes has degenerated into bickering among MPs, with one senior Liberal asking a parent her...
Cannibals considered in school ethics inquiry Cannibals considered in school ethics inquiry
A inquiry examining the future of ethics classes in New South Wales has discussed topics ranging from cannibalism to burning in hell. A state...
Teaching ethics is the latest chapter in U.S. accounting scandals
By Steve Scauzillo An accounting firm performs a questionable audit, blindly accepting inflated revenue values, glossing over the client's "...
Ethics tussle beggars belief
Ethics classes in schools are not safe yet. In a backroom deal between the O'Farrell government and the Christian Democrats, the fate of the classes...
Ethics classes too difficult to compete with; they must be destroyed
NSW citizen David Hutt doesn’t like non-religious ethics classes. Particularly if they’re “non-judgemental”. Because ethics...
Inquiry threatens ethics class experiment
A PARLIAMENTARY inquiry will examine whether ethics classes in NSW schools should be abolished less than a year after they began, prompting...
Nile told to drop ethics class fight
MOST religious groups that conduct scripture classes in schools have urged the Christian Democrat MP Fred Nile to drop his campaign against ethics...
School ethics course linked to Nazism, says Nile
Conservative NSW crossbench MP Fred Nile has introduced his private member's bill to abolish school ethics classes, arguing the course is based on a...
Ethics here to stay, says NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell
NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell says school ethics classes are here to stay, even though the Coalition Government has promised to consider a push by...
Ethics lesson 1: don't trade children's interests for Nile's obsession
know that politics is the ''art of the possible''. I know that its currency is compromise and deal-making. I know that those who exercise power are...
Nile's bully tactics do Christians no favours
Last year ABC’s Gruen Transfer cast its eye over a series of religious advertising campaigns to see who was selling the spiritual message most...
O'Farrell pandering to fringe group: Labor
The NSW government has been accused of pandering to a fringe Christian minority and breaking an election promise with a plan to scrap ethics classes...
O'Farrell, Nile dig in on ethics line in the sand
Next week's meeting between Barry O'Farrell and Fred Nile promises to provide a masterclass in difficult political negotiation for anyone lucky...
Nile isolated as Anglicans back ethics classes
THE leading opponent to the introduction of ethics classes in NSW schools, the Anglican Church, has reversed its position and says they should be...
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