On the dumbing-down-of-education element contributing to the death of the West, it was announced today that in the Australian part of the West, at least, 1 in 2 aspiring teachers are failing to finish their 3 year degree inside 6 years. This, no doubt, is due to the fact that candidates with university entry scores lower than 50 are being allowed to enrol.

Wonder will Chinese follow the same path?
diver dan,
They're trying but the Corona Virus has but a dent into their ambitions !
Let's bring up all these Pacific "Nations" that put Australia on the spot by suggesting they'll go to China for aid if Australia is bowing to their demands. Ok ! Now's is the time to call their bluff ! Morrison, Albanese are you there ?

typo, should be... isn't bowing...

"Morrison, Albanese are you there ?"

Forget Albo. The Opposition just opposes, and those clowns are going to the next election with the same, if not sillier, emissions blah that lost them the last election.

Morrison, it must be said, is a disappointment. Dutton is the PM we should have had. Morrison is not entirely a dead loss (but that could just if he is compared with Turnbull), but he is just treading water. He didn't expect to be PM, and he doesn't really stand for anything. He should invite Donald Trump over to give him some lessons on how to be a real leader.

I think, with a bit of luck the West might have just gotten a second lease on life in the past few weeks !
I only hope people appreciate it & behave accordingly!

Today on Sky News: student teachers struggle with basic literary and numerical skills.