Environment Australia announces their support for the Ollie Program
To announce the participation of the Australian Government in the Ollie
Saves the Planet Program, Senator the Hon Robert Hill, Federal Environment
Minister and Margaret Reid, ACT Liberal Senator attended a pre-release
ceremony at Mawson Primary School in Canberra.
Minister Hill announced
that the project would be funded through the Natural Heritage Trust
and that this funding would help in the production of the CD ROM
and Website Program.
"Achieving sustainable development is everybody's responsibility,
and the Federal Government has been working with schools, community groups,
business and state and local governments to achieve this goal," Senator
Hill said.
Teachers and students at Mawson Primary were excited to see Ollie and
his friends in a range of different activities and they look forward
to using the program within their classrooms across different levels
of the schools.
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