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Tess Ikonomou

UNCOVERED: Special schools to stay despite advocates opposition | History Defined

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says not all students in special schools are "doing it bad". (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Federal NDIS Minister Bill Shorten doesn't accept all students in special schools are "doing it bad" despite disability advocates calling for them to be phased out. 

In response to the Disability Royal Commission's recommendation that special schools be phased by out by the end of 2051, the commonwealth and the states and territories noted it, but did not commit to implementing it.

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