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Northern Territory government clamps down on truancy, slapping fines on parents of absentee children

By ABC NEWS (Australia)

Published : Nov. 14, 2024 - 08:02

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In the latest attempt to get Territory kids to school. A new brand of truancy officer will have the power to issue fines to the parents of absentee children. The government refreshing an approach employed by Tony Abbott in 2014, which experts say had mixed results.