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School's back, but only for some

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A woman stands at the school gate and offers hand sanitiser to a primary school student.
Staff at Melbourne's Canterbury Primary School offer hand sanitiser to students as the enter the school gates on the first day of face-to-face classes after coronavirus restrictions were lifted. Photo taken May 26, 2020.(ABC News: Simon Tucci)
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With some kids back at school already and others heading back to class today, how vulnerable are we all to another Omicron surge, and who's really making the decisions about whether it's safe to go back?

Today we talk to the ABC's national education and parenting reporter, Conor Duffy, about the power of education unions across the country and the influence they've had in keeping schools closed in some states. 

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Conor Duffy, ABC national education and parenting reporter

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Australia, Education and Training Industry, Early Childhood Education and Care, Education Associations, Distance Education, Teachers, Unions, Schools, COVID-19, Public Sector, Child Health and Behaviour, Health Policy
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