Australia: That'll teach you - student wins payout

Francis Hult francis.hult at UTSA.EDU
Fri Feb 8 01:01:31 UTC 2008


The Age

 

That'll teach you - student wins payout

 

REBEKAH Turner, the student who won a landmark discrimination case against the Education Department, has been awarded more than $80,000 compensation in a tribunal ruling likely to spark a flood of claims.

 

A Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal judgement, handed down by the tribunal's deputy president Cate McKenzie yesterday, has already led to calls for a review of government funding for students with speech and language difficulties.

 

Full story:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/thatll-teach-you-151-student-wins-payout/2008/02/07/1202234066300.html

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