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HSC students Eloise Marquard and Aaryn Philips studying at the State Library of NSW ahead of their final exams. We've run five years of exam data through AI to find common themes, questions and traps that could give year 12 students an edge. Picture: Richard Dobson

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Ultimate HSC exams guide: What AI says year 12s need to know

Exclusive analysis using AI to study five years of papers reveals the common questions, topics and traps of the most popular HSC exams. Here’s what NSW year 12s need to know.

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Professor Phil Parker graduating from university.

‘Not bad for a boy who didn’t have the marks’: Inspiring prof’s path to success

Professor Phil Parker has come a long way from being an equity entry student to holding a PhD. He has an important message for every student from a disadvantaged background.

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ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA - Advertiser Photos OCTOBER 11, 2025: Brothers Harris, 14, (M) and (L to R) Edward & Fergus, 12 (twins), at home ready for sports action. Picture: Emma Brasier

Revealed: The eye-watering cost of kids’ after-school activities

New data reveals the high price of putting your child through dance lessons – and which sports are a cheaper alternative. See the list.

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Adelaide Hills teacher Jude Crowe outside the Mount Barker Community Library. Pictured on 10th October 2025. Picture: Ben Clark

‘Make libraries safe again’: Are these books harmful or vital sex ed?

Two mums have called for restrictions on what they claim as ‘over-sexualised’ sex-ed books, but experts say it will just expose teens to online horrors.

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APY Lands - Indulkana, Mimili and Freegon. Sara Porsio, Principal of the Freegon Anangu school. 3 December 2024. Picture: Dean Martin

‘Fell in love with the kids’: Meet Australia’s most remote teacher

A French national raising her young family is one of the dozens of educators who have uprooted their lives to teach in some of the most remote, and underprivileged, schools on the planet.

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Elly Read, a fourth-year primary teacher. To go with a story about teacher salaries, her motivation for teaching is not about the money, and she is going to teach in the APY Lands this year. 15th January 2025. Picture Brett Hartwig

Aussie states where teachers cash-in while pay gap explodes

Public schools in Australia are facing chronic staff shortages but not everyone is prepared to pay up to fill the vacancies. See where wages are best (and where they’re not).

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Nicholas Cox, a former senior investment analyst. The story is Cox telling why he switched jobs to be a teacher. Picture by Wayne Taylor 22nd December 2024

‘I couldn’t wait to leave my six-figure career’

Financial analyst Nicholas Cox says he knows his earning power is about to take a big hit. But he still can’t wait to become a teacher.

Secondary students at Toowoomba Anglican School perform the dress rehearsal for the school's 2024 production of The Pirates of Penzance at the Empire Theatre. Photos by Catharine Mohr.

First look: Elite school to light up Empire with Pirates of Penzance

Toowoomba Anglican School students will be proving they’re the “model of a modern major-general” when the school’s production of the Pirates of Penzance kicks off this week.

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Hand holding phone, touching porn application icon with thumb. Picture: istock

The other ‘public health issue’ for our children besides social media

Consent education became mandatory for all schoolchildren in May 2023, now there are calls to also focus on porn literacy with rates of teens accessing explicit material a “public health issue”.

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