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1992. The Kennett government closed Northland Secondary College amongst other state schools. The school was internationally and nationally renowned for its innovations in Koori education and high retention rates for Aboriginal students. Two students went to the Supreme Court and the Equal Opportunity Commission where it was ordered re-opened after a number of appeals. The closure breached the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act. The Kennett government's immediate response was to amend the Victorian Constitution so that the Supreme Court - and all State courts - could never again review any future decision to close a school, ever. Kennett's decisions reflected his values- placing economic priorities over a child's right to a public education. Kennett announced that, beating them - the two Koori students - was a crucial test of his right to govern, he said: "Equal opportunity . . . was always intended to be about the rights of individuals, and not to second-judge government policy." < Source: http://www.kooriweb.org/foley/great/grt3b.html Article Title: Moira Rayner Former Vic Commissioner for Human Rights talks about the Northlands Struggle.>

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