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15/08/02 111846a Head of School for the Sunshine Coast Grammar School John Burgess arrives at a School Board Hearing in Brisbane

Bombshell student rape claims against elite school founder

The former principal who started a prestigious Queensland private school is at the centre of shocking student rape allegations with claims authorities could have stopped it.

Fairholme College Toowoomba school grounds.

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Crisis meeting as $32m debt bomb endangers churches, elite school

An elite Queensland school is at risk after after huge debts triggered a crisis meeting with its owners.

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Elite Qld school at risk, churches to be sold in $32m court ruling

Queensland’s Presbyterian churches face extinction after a $32m Supreme Court ruling forces the denomination to consider winding up and clouds the future of a top private school.

Brisbane Girls Grammar School named top school. Brisbane Girls Grammar School Year 8 students Cleo Leck, Arabella Rafiee and Olivia Chen. Picture: Nigel Hallett

The elite Queensland schools ranked in Australia’s top 100

The top private schools of Australia have been ranked today and 20 Queensland colleges made the cut. See the full list and which ones made it into the national top 10.

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The school was notified about the disturbing social media content by a concerned parent.

Expulsion twist as principal breaks silence over school porn scandal

The principal of the embattled Good Shepherd Lutheran College has broken his silence in the wake of the pornographic social media scandal, in a bid to “protect the wellbeing and safety of individual students”.

Brisbane Boys College in Toowong. Pics Tara Croser.

Police task-force, barristers brought in as child porn scandal grips elite college

Parents have engaged powerful barristers as a top secret police taskforce investigates a child porn scandal at the prestigious Brisbane Boys’ College.

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‘Brawls, porn, bullying’: Parents slam elite school’s ‘toxic culture’

Parents have spoken out over claims of a “toxic culture” at an elite South East Queensland school, with some taking drastic action.

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Elite college student charged over porn scandal

A student at a prestigious Queensland private school has been charged by police in relation to a social media scandal that engulfed the college.

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School’s extraordinary move to shut down complaining parents

A Queensland school has gone to extraordinary lengths to shut down angry parents who have been accused of spreading “factually untrue” information.

The school was notified about the disturbing social media content by a concerned parent.

EXPELLED: Students pay the price for school porn scandal

Several students embroiled in a social media porn scandal have been expelled as a church school grapples with parent outrage.

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Bombshell fallout: School in disarray as porn scandal explodes

Key staff and many students have failed to turn up and furious parents are demanding answers as a porn scandal engulfs a prestigious Queensland school.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 6, 2025: Queensland Premier David Crisafulli during a press conference to celebrate Queensland Day in Brisbane. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

‘Take it down’: Premier’s fury amid latest school social media scandal

Premier David Crisafulli has slammed schools for failing in their duty of care, and social media giants for allowing porn and other illegal material to remain on their platforms.

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A mother is blowing open the porn scandal at Good Shepherd Lutheran College, Noosaville. Picture: Patrick Woods.

Year 7 porn scandal: Christian college’s failure over online filth

A prestigious Queensland Christian school failed to report to police the distribution of pornography by Year 7 and 8 students almost three months after being made aware of it. SEE THE TIMELINE OF INACTION

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It’s as if their own identity has been targeted and found wanting – and it can explain why they close ranks and, like a scene out of the film A Few Good Men, “can’t handle the truth”.

If you blindly defend elite school scandals ‘you can’t handle the truth’

Schools caught out by student scandals should seek to learn from mistakes and unfortunate incidents. But so many past students think exposing the problem is worse than the issue itself, writes Kylie Lang.

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