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Sydney students to take part in pro-Palestinian rally
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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11/24/2023
Sydney school students are following on from their Melbourne and Adelaide counterparts and will leave school to take part in pro-Palestine rallies this afternoon.
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There is expected to be some disruption around Sydney's CBD this lunchtime with students
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planning to protest in support of Palestinians.
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The group Students for Palestine has organised this protest for 1.30 outside Sydney's Town
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Hall and they're encouraging students to walk out at lunchtime or skip school entirely today
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in order to demand an end to the war and to protest the rising death toll in Gaza.
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And this follows similar protests that were held in Melbourne and Adelaide yesterday where
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hundreds of students attended in support for Palestinians.
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In Melbourne they marched from Flinders Street Station to Melbourne Central while in Adelaide
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they gathered on the steps of Parliament.
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In New South Wales the Premier and Education Minister have this week been calling on students
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not to attend this protest saying that if children want to change the world they need
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to get an education.
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And the government also says that teachers should not be supporting this student action
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and that they're discouraged from discussing politics inside the classroom.
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Earlier this morning the Education Minister Prukar spoke to ABC News and she said that
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school is compulsory and that students are not allowed to skip class today.
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Take a listen.
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There won't be excuses for children that attend this rally instead of being in class.
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They will obviously be marked as absent.
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There'll be other repercussions for students that are supposed to be in class today.
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In a statement the Department of Education says that today is a school day and that children
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are expected to attend unless they have a legitimate reason not to.
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And we are also expecting a police presence at this protest.
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New South Wales Police say they are aware of this planned action and will be monitoring
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the situation accordingly.
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