Support lacking for fining parents over child's truancy

By Calla Wahlquist
Updated February 11 2013 - 9:46pm, first published 9:45pm

FINING the parents of absentee students will not improve attendance levels and could make the problem worse, Tasmanian Council of Social Services chief executive Tony Reidy has said.

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