Australind’s up-and-coming authors put their creativity to the test to raise more than $4600 to fight childhood cancer.
Craig Duncan
With only a few days left to claim the student assistance payment, the Education Minister wouldn’t commit to using any leftover funds to boost KidSport vouchers that were reduced in the recent Budget.
Jessica Page
Albany high school ACC Southlands took on the first of four Pedal Prix races, with four teams travelling to Perth to compete in fast-paced track endurance races in pedal-powered tricycles.
Jacki Elezovich
Sabine Winton says students will be able to ‘appreciate Harry Potter a bit better’ after it was revealed Latin would be offered as a subject for senior secondary students for the first time in almost 20 years.
Jessica Evensen
Latin will become a study option for WA’s senior secondary students for the first time in nearly 20 years, with interest in the ancient language undergoing something of a revival.
Bethany Hiatt
Almost 200 incidents of WA students caught with prohibited weapons have been reported in the past four years.
Starry-eyed high school students are waiting eagerly for their science projects to be launched 2000km out of this world as part of Curtin University’s BinarX spacecraft launch.
Caitlin Vinci
Education Minister Jason Clare wants to crack down on deepfakes nudifying students and has urged his State counterparts to step up in tackling the disturbing issue.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Parents are split on the merits of a longer winter holiday for students in public schools — though it appears kids are all in favour.
Bethany Hiatt & Caitlin Vinci
Try as you might, it’s impossible to make 12 weeks of school holidays go into the four weeks of annual leave of a parent working full time.
Editorial
Education experts are encouraging schools to teach kids better writing skills in all classes — not just English.
A former student allegedly demanded about $40,000 worth of cryptocurrency during a series of cyber attacks on a university.
Steve Zemek and Brendan Kearns
Residents in parts of a major city have been issued warnings as a firefighters battle a blaze at a factory, which police are treating as suspicious.
Brendan Kearns
Exhausted students and staff at public schools should get the same three-week winter term break that many private schools now enjoy, according to the head of WA’s peak body for high school principals.
Students have been forced to evacuate as a school in Sydney’s west was plunged into lockdown.
Clareese Packer
Evidence-based preventative methods can and should be applied in school curriculums to help eradicate sexual violence in Australia, experts say.
Maeve Bannister
Queensland’s first LNP budget in more than a decade promises a “fresh start”, with targeted relief for cost of living, housing, crime and health.
Andrew Hedgman
The mouldy, infested reality of renting in Australia has been laid bare in a new survey.
Blair Jackson
An increase in selfish dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets has pushed a primary school in Perth’s south to declare the site a ‘no dog zone’.
Presbyterian Ladies College has etched itself into history after winning the Head of the River title for an incredible tenth consecutive year.
Sarah Steger
A highly-regarded Perth English language school has been forced to close its doors, with its owner blaming Federal Labor Government policy changes for plunging his business into liquidation.
Artificial intelligence could exacerbate the gap between boys and girls studying STEM subjects, an expert has warned, especially in regional Australia.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
An effective combination of commerce and ideal principles is what enables universities to survive for centuries
Raymond Da Silva Rosa
Billions of dollars for housing, health, and schools has already been announced ahead of the NSW budget. Here is what we know so far.
Nathan Schmidt
