Shore students told to remove ‘deeply offensive’ TikTok video

It is one of Sydney’s most prestigious schools and a couple of its students took it upon themselves to share with the world, via social media, just how luxurious it is.

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It’s regarded as one of Sydney’s most prestigious schools – and now everyone else can see what they’re missing out on thanks to two students who uploaded footage of their campus facilities on TikTok.

The clip was posted by Shore students, with the footage showing off a “recovery pool” emblazoned with the Shore name on the bottom, a “harbour view library” and a “50 mill gym”.

It followed a trend that began in the US, with students uploading clips showcasing their facilities.

The clip later disappeared but not before it went viral, with public school students responding with their own TikToks showing off their arguably inferior facilities.

WA TikTok clip showing the Shore library (right) next to a public school library.

A spokesman for Shore revealed the students were told to remove the post as it breached school social media policy. This included sharing footage from inside the school grounds but also using a mobile phone on campus.

“The students were told not to do it again,” the spokesman said.

NSW Greens MLC David Shoebridge wasn’t impressed, describing the footage as “deeply offensive”. The Greens have long campaigned for more equitable funding of schools. “Students can see how unfair and unbalanced school funding is,” Mr Shoebridge said. “It’s just extraordinary how most politicians can’t.”

SCOTCH SPECIAL

Chivas Regal did the trick.

MUCH was made of the bottle of scotch that seemingly helped Police Minister David Elliott patch up his fractured relationship with besieged Nationals leader John Barilaro last week. Elliott went from declaring Bara’s position as being “untenable” to describing their relationship as “professional”.

The Sauce couldn’t help but think that must have been a good bottle. Well, after some good old-fashioned journalism we can reveal it was actually a bottle of Chivas Regal purchased by Elliott’s wife from the local liquor mart. “He’s Italian. I had to offer him something,” Elliott said of his new chum Bara.

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That was not the only truce struck over a bottle of scotch last week.

The Sauce can also reveal that Transport Minister Andrew Constance paid a visit to Elliott’s office on Wednesday armed with his own alcoholic peace offering.

The pair had been at war since a controversial abortion bill, with Elliott publicly accusing the government leader in the lower house at the time of “maladministration” by rushing through “poorly written legislation” instead of first going through “a committee process”. Constance said at the time that the handling of the bill was appropriate.

We’re told the Bega MP came armed with “the good stuff”.

A “wall of hedge” had been erected at the request of the David Elliott office. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

GREEN SCREEN

When NSW crossbench MPs moved into temporary offices on level 8 of Parliament House to allow for renovations to take place within their usual digs on level 11, they were excited to see they would have access to a large courtyard with views over the State Library.

However, the joy was short-lived, with MPs arriving to work the next day to find “a wall of hedge” had been erected overnight.

It was installed at the request of senior staff within the Elliott office. Elliott shares the courtyard with Counter Terrorism Minister Anthony Roberts and Families and Community Services Minister Gareth Ward, all of whom occasionally take calls outside.

The Sauce understands the staffers decided it was inappropriate for crossbench MPs – namely “the Greens” – to be “listening in” to conversations between “the Police Minister and the Counter Terrorism Minister”.

“A request was made for more privacy, so parliamentary services put up a hedge,” a Macquarie Street mole explained. Who knew hedges were soundproof?

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