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Rose Innes is the Education Reporter for The Courier Mail. Her passion for the industry stems from her core belief that everyone has a story to tell and deserves to be heard. She has experience reporting across a range of areas including health, crime, politics, court and breaking and general news.

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Education

Two new schools for state’s southeast

Two new schools will be up and running in South East Queensland for the start of Term 1 next year.

Tertiary

Graduates settle in to their seats at the CQ University graduation Ceremony in Rockhampton.

Sweeping changes to QTAC following offer round debacle

Crisis management training will be brought into the state’s tertiary admissions centre as it aims to avoid a repeat of last year’s offer round chaos which left thousands of students in limbo.

QLD Politics

David Muir, Chair of the Clem Jones Trust, speaking outside the Queensland Parliament House.

Candidates urged to come clean on emotive issue

Candidates at this year’s Queensland election should reveal their position on a hot-button issue that is now law, advocates say.

QLD Politics

State Member for Capalaba Don Brown has called for Redland Mayor Karen Williams to resign after given a notice to appear in court for drink driving, Saturday, July 2, 2022 - Picture: Richard Walker

Premier confident ‘crime’s a beat up’ MP can defeat victim candidate

Premier Steven Miles insists his Labor MP who once labelled crime a “media beat up” can defeat grieving father Russell Field in a must-win bayside seat.

Education

Foodbank Queensland CEO Jess Watkinson with UQ students Xiao Zhang and Yexian Yang from China. Photo: Rose Innes

It took just two hours for 700 UQ students to expose crisis inside Aussie unis

In two hours, 700 Brisbane-based students exposed a new and terrifying crisis unfolding inside the grounds of Australia’s biggest and most prestigious universities.

Education

Treasury Brisbane closing down. Picture: Liam Kidston

University set to announce takeover of Treasury Casino

A major university is expected to formally announce a new campus for 7000 students and 400 staff at the Treasury Casino in Brisbane’s CBD.

Tertiary

UQ Student Union Llamas and Ice Cream event.

Powerful university union’s $165k toga party exposed

Leaked documents have revealed how the powerful University of Queensland Union spent $165,000 on a toga party along with thousands on llamas, ice creams and a boat.

Education

7/5/2024: FEDERAL BUDGET Students (L-R) Olivia Martini 19, studying communications at QUT and Olivia Marcoionni 19, studying pharmacy at UQ , together here at QUT Kelvin Grove, Brisbane. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/Courier Mail

Queensland the worst for HECS-debt stress

A new report has revealed Queensland has the highest number of university students owing HECS-HELP debts, with a whopping one in 10 unsure if they will ever be able to pay it off.

Police & Courts

Jack’s law expanded: Police to target high-risk venues for weapons

New powers will allow police to use handheld scanners to detect unlawfully possessed knives in high-risk venues, as part of the legacy of a teenager stabbed and killed in Surfers Paradise.

Education

Revealed: Queensland’s top 80 teachers

There have been 84 finalists selected for the Queensland College of Teacher’s TEACHX awards, from almost 350 nominated teachers. SEE THE FULL LIST

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