St Columbkille's Student Express - Issue 2

RECONCILIATION WEEK

Reconciliation Australia’s theme for 2021, More than a word. Reconciliation takes action, urges the reconciliation movement towards braver and more action.

For reconciliation to be effective, it must involve truth-telling, and actively address issues of inequality, systemic racism and instances where the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are ignored, denied or reduced.

While we see greater support for reconciliation from the Australian people than ever before, we must be more determined than ever if we are to achieve the goals of the movement — a just, equitable, reconciled Australia.

Reporter Livina McLuskey

OUR ENVIRONMENT IS IMPORTANT

At St. Columbkilles we work hard to be Trash Free. We have Fogo bins one per class. How much do you know about the process?  Here  is what happens. The small bins are emptied into the medium that is on the playground and then also those bins get emptied into the Fogo truck that dumps the scraps out to landfill and over night it gets scattered into different places to make compost and that’s how it works.

Reporter Indira Lozenkovski

SPORT - State of Origin

State of Origin happens once a year. There are three games of Rugby League. The two teams are New South Wales (Blues) and Queensland (Maroons). The Blues coach is Brad Fittler, he is a really good coach. The  Maroons coach is  Paul Green. There are 17 players on a team and 13 on the  field. Game 1 was held Townsville, Queensland last night. The score was 50 - 6 to the Blues. Game 2 will be in two weeks at Surcorp Stadium in Brisbane.

Reporter Ben Niew