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1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 min. 53 sec.) ; 205258880 bytes |
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TEACHERS BOYCOTT LITERACY, NUMERACY TESTSAustralia's biggest education union has decided to go ahead with its threatened boycott of next month's national literacy and numeracy tests in protest of the Federal Government's My School website.RUDD SWEETENS FINAL HEALTH INCENTIVESPrime Minister Kevin Rudd has offered the states and territories a $1.3 billion funding increase to encourage them to agree to his overhaul of the health system.CREWS REFLOAT STRANDED COAL SHIPSalvage teams have successfully refloated the Chinese coal carrier that ran aground off the coast of Central Queensland and will assess the ship's hull before attempting to tow it to a safe anchorage.LANDMARK SUMMIT AIMS TO BOOST NUCLEAR SECURITYWorld leaders have begun arriving in Washington for an unprecedented summit to secure nuclear stockpiles and keep weapons material out of the hands of terrorists.GOVERNMENT SIGNALS COMPROMISE WITH THAI PROTESTORSThe Thai government has extended an olive branch to 'Red Shirt' protestors to avoid further bloodshed on the streets of Bangkok after weekend clashes left at least 21 dead and more than 800 wounded.ALL TECHNOLOGY HAS AN UNINTENDED DOWNSIDEAuthor and BBC presenter Lord Robert Winston joins Lateline for a look at the way technology can have unintended consequences, and the implications of that for scientific ethics.UK GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS ELECTRIC CAR REVOLUTIONThe British government is offering incentives to motorists to meet its ambitious target of more than 1 million electric cars on the road by 2020, including free parking.PILOT FACES COURT OVER CANADIAN'S DEATHA New Zealand pilot is facing court for the death of a Canadian tourist who died from burns after being doused in aviation fuel during a party in Central Australia six years ago |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-04-12 at 22:35:00 |
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Classification: NC |
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Ability -- Testing.
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Australian Education Union.
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Automobiles -- Government policy.
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Boycotts.
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Electric automobiles.
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Technology -- Social aspects.
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Australia.
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England -- London.
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United Kingdom.
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Streaming video
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Buck, Antony Buck, contributor
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Buswell, Troy, contributor
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Donnelly, Kevin, contributor
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Elliott, Justine, contributor
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Fairholme, Nick, contributor
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Fitzsimmons, Hamish, reporter
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Gavrielatos, Angelo, contributor
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Gillard, Julia, contributor
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Griffiths, Emma, reporter
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Keneally, Kristina, contributor
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Obama, Barack, contributor
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Rann, Mike, contributor
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Rudd, Kevin, contributor
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Sales, Leigh, host
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Stimpson, Dick, contributor
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Vertigan, Sheree, contributor
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Williams, Philip, reporter
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Winston, Robert, contributor
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