A billionaire developer and owner of a popular chocolate chain has been charged over the asbestos-in-mulch crisis that saw Sydney parks, schools, and hospitals closed.
Nathan Schmidt
A handful of students from Busselton were among the State’s top ATAR achievers with results released at the weekend.
Sofia Fimognari
Out of the 4000 awards recognising individual excellence in ATAR and vocational courses announced this week, girls picked up nearly 60 per cent.
Bethany Hiatt
Increasingly high levels of stress and burnout are forcing teachers out of WA public schools, a scathing review of the Education Department has revealed.
Police have launched an investigation after a school’s pet ducks were “tortured” and killed on school grounds in a disturbing act of animal cruelty.
Emma Kirk
The Albanese Government is imposing a de facto cap on international students by slowing down visa processing despite Peter Dutton blocking legislation to formally limit the numbers coming to Australia.
Katina Curtis
The measure will be replaced by a new rule aimed to curb high influxes of international students.
Jessica Wang
Bunbury students have shared their secrets to excelling in their final two years of school as final results show top scorers aplenty in the South West region.
Education Minister Tony Buti has admitted he was surprised to see more boys than girls attaining the top marks for their Year 12 exams.
Ethan Yap was presented with the State’s top high-school prize after attaining the highest marks across five subjects.
Year 12 students across the Great Southern received their final Australia Tertiary Admission Rank on Saturday with Great Southern Grammar Student Phoebe Thompson earning the top honour for the region.
Georgia Campion
A legendary Australian author who wrote more than 40 books over his distinguished career has died aged 74.
Blake Antrobus
WA’s best students from the class of 2024 have been revealed, with two public school graduates taking the top prize.
Australia’s bottom line is set to sink deeper into the red by $21bn over the next four years, with “unavoidable spending” and uncertain global outlook to blame.
Last December, a Perth student’s world seemed to crumble when her ATAR score landed 20 points below predictions.
Lynette Vernon
Boys have been increasing their hold on WA’s highest-level Year 12 results over the past five years, as the proportion of girls getting top marks has dwindled.
How could I have dropped the ball so badly? (Spoiler: A boy was involved.) But with a little resilience, I went on to get a top-notch degree and pursue a career I’ve loved.
Laura Newell
One of Australia’s leading tax directors has hailed a massive HECS relief package as a “game changer” for millions of people struggling with the crippling debt.
Entrepreneurial students at Albany Secondary Education Support Centre have transformed a donated shipping container into a dedicated donation point and workspace for recycling and processing containers.
A major review has been recommended after an Aussie teacher who was suspended for engaging in “serious misconduct” with another student was able to get a role at another school.
The pricing of tuition due to our federal ‘job-ready’ education policy places even less value on most humanities - at a time when we need an understanding of history, philosophy and the arts more than ever.
Andrew Miller
After 13 years of schooling, an elite group of WA’s brightest school leavers have emerged from their final exams with an elusive ‘perfect score’ — with boys making a clean sweep.
A former private girls’ school teacher whose registration was suspended for serious misconduct has been working at a public school all year — prompting Education Minister Tony Buti to order an urgent review.
WA’s ATAR participation rate has plunged to a new low, inching closer to just one-in-four people in the Year 12 age group tackling more difficult subjects.
