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Antonia O’Flaherty is an education reporter for The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail. Antonia was previously a graduate journalist with a background in crime and general reporting at a regional daily newspaper in NSW. Antonia received a Clarion award for her work on the Sunday Mail’s Bush Baby Crisis campaign.

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Education

Revealed: The school dishing out five suspensions a day

The Queensland State schools handing out the most suspensions have been revealed, including one issuing the equivalent of five a day. See where your school ranks on the list.

QLD News

Hacker stealing info and money in online scams. For Kids News story on how to protect yourself from online scams.

QUT students targeted in sex video email scam

QUT students have been targeted by a scam email that threatens to release sexually explicit videos of them unless they pay a Bitcoin ransom.

Police & Courts

Windsor State School deputy principal Matthew Keong has been charged with child sex offences.

Prominent school’s deputy principal on child sex charges

The deputy principal of a prominent Brisbane school has been arrested on school grounds and charged with child sex offences.

Tertiary

Superstars of STEM, Dr Divya Mehta, UQ medical scientist Dr Sonia Shah and QUT statistician Dr Nicole White, Brisbane. Photographer: Liam Kidston.

Meet Qld’s female superstars of STEM

They’re blazing a trail for women in traditionally male-dominated fields – and their specialties are as fascinating as their stories.

Advice

4 year old Elise O'Connor and 6 year old Evie O'Connor at their home in Mt Gravatt.Qld parents are forking out hundres before the school year even starts, with experts saying it's an increasing shift of the financial burden from government funding to parents.Sunday November 29, 2020. Picture, John Gass

How to save money on booklists

School’s not even out for summer yet and parents are already facing huge bills for next year. Here’s how to save on those booklists.

Education

Mr Peter Varghese has been appointed as the 14th Chancellor of UQ

UQ Chancellor survives free speech controversies

UQ’s Chancellor has been reappointed for five years despite a turbulent year of free speech controversy and the COVID-19 crisis.

Education

Pensive sad boy teenager with blue eyes in a blue shirt and jeans sitting at the window and closes his face with his hands.

Dad slams hypocrisy after ban from autistic son’s school awards

An emotional Sunshine Coast dad is fighting to overturn a ban based on COVID guidelines preventing him from attending his autistic son’s school awards.

Schools Hub

Rear view of large group of students raising their arms to answer the question on a class at elementary school.

‘Calamitous decline’: Call for school funding review

Australian school performance is declining “faster than in almost any country” despite record funding, according to a new report.

Tertiary

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos AUGUST, 05, 2020.A sign at QUT Gardens Point campus in Brisbane. Students face losing their concession fares because Translink loophole doesn't grant cheaper fares to external students.Picture: NCA NewsWire/Dan Peled

Uni staff face axe as redundancies confirmed

One of the state’s top universities has confirmed 159 jobs will be made redundant amid a $36 million COVID-related restructure.

QLD News

Elementary classroom setting with tired or frustrated teacher holding her head. She's sitting in front of an chalkboard with ABC

Violent students, work pressure puts teachers on edge

Stress and exhaustion is rife among Queensland teachers forcing them to question staying in the job. These teachers explain the reasons they have felt pushed to abandon the profession they love.

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