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Lisa Wachsmuth is a senior reporter for the Saturday and Sunday Telegraph, focusing on education issues. An award-winning journalist of 25 years, Lisa was formerly the deputy editor of the Illawarra Mercury before joining News Corp in 2022. If you have a story contact her at lisa.wachsmuth@news.com.au

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School counsellors forced to pick the kids they can help

Students struggling with their mental health are being ‘triaged’ based on risk of harm with a school counsellor shortage leaving many kids without the help they need.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPH - 4/11/22 MUST CHECK WITH PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE USING -Students from Cabramatta High school in Sydney pictured with principal Lachlan Erskine today whilst using their mobile phones. L to R, Arnold Huynh, Guinevere Pham, Hongouy Oum, Jennifer Ho and Maxwell Ky. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

NSW schools divided over best mobile phone policy

The call to ban mobile phones in schools could become a battleground in the upcoming state election – but teens at the heart of the debate want to be heard | VOTE in our poll

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS - 12/11/22 MUST CHECK WITH PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE USING -Type 1 diabetes sufferer Kristina Tzaneros (middle) pictured at her home in Illawong this morning with her mum Melissa. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Cost of diabetes care slashed by hundreds of dollars a month

Diabetes sufferers paying $400 a month for tubeless insulin pumps are set to get a massive boost under new plans to slash the cost by up to 95 per cent.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 28, 2022: Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell attends Summer Hill Public School for Work Teachers Day.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Union fumes as teachers awarded six per cent pay rise

NSW teachers have received a “court-ordered pay deal”, and an additional one-off payment, but the NSW Teachers Federation isn’t happy.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. NOVEMBER 11, 2022. PLEASE CONTACT WEEKEND PIC EDITOR JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING.Pictured at Airds High School today is teacher Isaac Keenan, with students Isaiah Ao 17, Jessica Mayor 13, Unitty TaÃuo 17 and Justice Dixon 15. Isaac was a steelworker now a science teacher and has been chosen as part of a new fastrack program which will see him fastracked to be a principal. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Fast track: From steelworks to school principal via science

A program to attract — and keep — schoolteachers in NSW has seen Isaac Keenan make a total career change. He will be fast-tracked to principal within a decade.

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The real story of how lions escaped from Taronga Zoo - story

Revealed: The true story of how lions escaped Taronga Zoo

Taronga Zoo has now answered the question everyone has been asking: How did five lions manage to escape from their exhibit?

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Jessica Sparks, double lung transplant recipient. Photo supplied by Kate Sparks ONE USE ONLY

Organ donor ambassador Jessica Sparks’ amazing legacy

Double-lung transplant recipient Jessica Sparks lived her short life to the fullest and charmed everyone who met her. Now her mum will carry on her daughter’s advocacy work for organ and tissue donation.

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Gen Z evolution: sober schoolies choose no booze

Schoolies is undergoing somewhat of an evolution, as many members of Generation Z search for more “meaningful experiences” to herald the end to 12 years of schooling.

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‘We are sorry for the trouble and hurt we have caused’

Four returned ISIS brides have issued an apology expressing regret for the hurt they have caused as it emerged the Federal Government did not respond to requests for security assurances from NSW.

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WARNING. WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. Government initiative is hoping to help the gender divide in STEM in schools. Dr Phoebe Meagher, Taronga Zoo conservationist with an Echidna.

Showing girls they’ve got the smarts for a career in STEM

Four in 10 girls don’t think they’re smart enough to do STEM – and Dr Phoebe Meagher was once one of them. The conservationist is one of the faces of a new campaign to tackle the gender divide.

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