Greens Turn Up The Heat In New Stunt

YOU'VE got to hand it to the Greens when it comes to interesting election stunts. A week or so back, they highlighted the lack of toilets on CityRail trains by dressing in nappies on Kiama Railway Station.

The Secrets Behind The Spin

IT IS a measure of the condition of NSW schools that Labor's election promises include upgrading 200 toilet blocks. Not all at once, mind you, but between now and 2011. In a First World country, good toilets should be something the community can take for granted, like security fences and assembly halls, which are also among Labor's pledges for schools. Not in NSW. So, when the Opposition Leader, Peter Debnam, this week promised to air-condition 1000 schools, the Government was able to query the ...

Ten Years Of Stinking Toilets

PRINCIPALS have resorted to conducting a survey of up to 300 public schools to uncover a 10-year backlog of maintenance problems that the NSW Education Department has been fighting to hide.

Red Stitch Crew Reap Benefits Of Modern Comforts

INDEPENDENT theatre company Red Stitch is about to come in from the cold, ditching its tent-like foyer for a bar and toilets with a new heating and cooling system.

Parents In A Lather

PARENTS of children attending the small Mount Kanwary Public School near Raymond Terrace are buying paper towels and soap for the students' toilets because the State Government is not supplying them.