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Perth private school’s multimillion-dollar upgrade to pool at ‘end of its useful life’

Perth private school’s multimillion-dollar upgrade to pool at ‘end of its useful life’

Wesley College plans to replace its current swimming pool with a new facility that is “commensurate with the expectations of the community”.

  • by Holly Thompson

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Home-school overhaul welcomed as state bows to parent power

Home-school overhaul welcomed as state bows to parent power

Home-school parents have had their calls for a system overhaul answered after they railed against an earlier decision to force them to teach to the curriculum.

  • by Catherine Strohfeldt
WA schools ‘left in limbo’ while major review in the lurch: opposition
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WA schools ‘left in limbo’ while major review in the lurch: opposition

The state’s opposition and advocates are calling on Education Minister Sabine Winton to release the findings as a matter of urgency.

  • by Holly Thompson
Why parents are kept in dark about alleged abusers at childcare providers
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Why parents are kept in dark about alleged abusers at childcare providers

While thousands of parents were told about a Victorian daycare worker, details of a recent case in Sydney remain shrouded in secrecy.

  • by Amber Schultz
High spirits on the high seas for adventurous students

High spirits on the high seas for adventurous students

Wide-eyed and wind-swept, Dylan and his classmates from Officer Specialist School stretched their horizons on an ocean racing yacht.

  • by Nicole Precel
Decision to scrap Westmead school lacks foresight
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Education

Decision to scrap Westmead school lacks foresight

NSW has repeatedly failed to build school infrastructure before housing.

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Plans for school in booming suburb ditched, despite $20 million already spent
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Plans for school in booming suburb ditched, despite $20 million already spent

Westmead residents were promised a second primary school for their rapidly growing suburb. But between a change in government and an ICAC mention, they won’t be getting one.

  • by Anthony Segaert
From bluey to bogans: Researchers who help define how the nation speaks to lose their jobs

From bluey to bogans: Researchers who help define how the nation speaks to lose their jobs

For almost 40 years, the words the nation uses in speech, newspapers and books has been mapped by a small team at the Australian National Dictionary Centre.

  • by Christopher Harris
Melbourne Uni professor sacked over ‘mawkish’ romantic messages wins his job back

Melbourne Uni professor sacked over ‘mawkish’ romantic messages wins his job back

Professor Stephan Matthai was dismissed for inappropriate behaviour towards a female PhD student seven years earlier.

  • by Nicole Precel
Joshua Brown worked in childcare centre’s kitchen in days before his arrest

Joshua Brown worked in childcare centre’s kitchen in days before his arrest

Melbourne childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown was working in the kitchen at a Melbourne childcare centre days before he was charged with more than 70 offences including allegedly using bodily fluids to tamper with food.

  • by Crystal Choo and Grant McArthur
Want to lift your children’s reading skills? Get them to read to kittens

Want to lift your children’s reading skills? Get them to read to kittens

Reading aloud to a non-judgmental audience – such as kittens – can help increase children’s motivation and confidence in reading.

  • by Bridie Smith

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