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Matty Holdsworth is a Deputy Digital Editor for The Courier-Mail. He has been a journalist with Queensland newspapers and mastheads for the past seven years including stints in Central Queensland, the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane. He has a focus on education, crime, business, health and sport.

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ExclusiveEducation

State school mobile phone guidelines released

Who’s exempt? Punishments? Qld’s new rules on mobile phones in schools explained

Mobile phones will be banned in Queensland state schools, and now full details of the policy have been revealed. This is how it will work. YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Brisbane City

Domino's Pizza has come under fire for a controversial smoking billboard on a busy Brisbane road that triggered several calls to triple-0.

Watch: Smoking hot billboard sending Brisbane motorists into triple-0 spin

It seems innocent enough, but this ad for Domino’s pizza has triggered a flood of triple-0 calls and forced a grovelling apology. SEE THE VIDEO

Advice

Belva Zhuang and her daughter Jane Song, who is in Year 12 at St Aidan's Anglican Girls' School, ahead of external exams, Sherwood. Picture: Liam Kidston

Year 12 exam stress: Warning signs for parents to watch for

A psychologist has warned parents to watch for signs their child is becoming overwhelmed by the stress of the QCAA exam block – which has reached the halfway point.

ExclusiveEducation

‘Difficult conversations’: Major changes for SEQ schools

South East Queensland schools are set for big changes, meaning parents will need to rethink where they choose to buy. SEE THE NEW MAPS

Education

19/10/2023: Trevor Connolly , 93-years old with dementia, is being told his house will be acquired for the East Brisbane State School relocation, in Coorparoo, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

Shock reprieve for elderly man facing eviction amid Olympics school reshuffle

A 93-year-old Brisbane man who faced having to leave his home of 60 years before Christmas to make way for a relocated East Brisbane State School will now be spared eviction.

ExclusiveSchools Hub

Ranked: Qld’s best, worst schools rated by parents, students and teachers

Queensland’s bush schools may have less resources, fewer extra-curricular options and recruitment challenges, but country kids are happier in school, exclusive new analysis reveals. SEE THE BEST AND WORST SCHOOLS

Police & Courts

Generic crime: Queensland police crime scene tape. Picture: QPS.

Young girl stabbed by classmate in park just metres from school

Counselling has been arranged for teens who witnessed a year 7 student stabbed by a classmate at a park just metres from a southeast high school.

Education

Local mums Cathy Conallin and Emma Mitchell re calling for a new state high school to be built in the Moggill area. Picture: Liam Kidston

Kids on ‘ridiculous’ commutes after calls for new school rejected

Brisbane parents say they are being forced to fork out big bucks for private education or send their children on long commutes after their calls for a new school in their area was “rejected” by the state government.

InteractiveEducation

Brisbane's best ATAR schools have been ranked. Picture: Supplied

Full list: Brisbane’s 50 best schools for ATAR results ranked

Brisbane’s top 50 schools for ATAR results have been revealed with 10 public schools ranked alongside elite private colleges. SEE THE FULL LIST

Education

Hunter James, Jack Haddad, Leo Cooper-Hill, Cooper Price, Will Ford, Tobias Graham, and Tom Mitchell, Marist College Ashgrove Year 12 students speak moments after finishing their English external exam, Ashgrove. Picture: Liam Kidston

‘Clock is ticking’: Students reveal hardest part of QCE English exam

From Lady Macbeth to forgetting quotes and the initial planning stage, here are the components to the QCE English external exam that our Year 12s struggled with the most.

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