ICPA conference hears distance ed accommodation crisis concerns

Sally Gall
Updated June 8 2021 - 10:52am, first published 9:01am
Capricornia School of Distance Education mothers and P&C executive members Liz Burnett and Juliet McConachie were among those fighting for their on-campus living quarters to be returned to the families. Picture - Sally Gall.
Capricornia School of Distance Education mothers and P&C executive members Liz Burnett and Juliet McConachie were among those fighting for their on-campus living quarters to be returned to the families. Picture - Sally Gall.

Affordable on-campus accommodation was a vision that isolated families attached to the Longreach School of Distance Education and the Emerald campus of the Capricornia School of Distance Education brought into being over a number of years.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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