Significant AIC allowance increase urgently needed: ICPA

By Sally Cripps
Updated February 10 2016 - 4:21pm, first published 7:00am
Walking away: The Isolated Children's Parents' Association says the bush is in danger of losing some of its most knowledgeable and dedicated families because of the escalating costs of educating their children and the inability of the current AIC boarding allowance to compensate. Picture: contributed.
Walking away: The Isolated Children's Parents' Association says the bush is in danger of losing some of its most knowledgeable and dedicated families because of the escalating costs of educating their children and the inability of the current AIC boarding allowance to compensate. Picture: contributed.

In words reminiscent of Gough Whitlam’s 1972 election campaign, the Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association (ICPA) has drawn a line in the sand and declared “it’s time” for educational opportunities for rural and remote students to change.

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