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Where in Melbourne would you find the “Castle on the Hill”?

The 100 most expensive Melbourne public schools revealed

Parents at some public schools are paying thousands more in voluntary fees than parents at schools in other areas.

  • Alex Crowe

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Victorian private school parents face rising tuition fees.

The WA electorates where private schools are fronting the fight against funding cuts

Independent Schools Australia named the two WA federal seats in a list of 17 across Australia with a significant proportion of independent school families living within their boundaries that will become focus areas for their new campaign.

  • Holly Thompson
New data reveals funding disparity between government schools in different states.

Private schools lobby vows federal election fight over ‘class-war rhetoric’

Seventeen seats have been designated “ground zero” in a campaign to pressure major parties to shore up billions of dollars in public funding.

  • Bridie Smith
New data reveals funding disparity between government schools in different states.

Victorian public school students get nation’s least funding from government

The state’s schools received thousands of dollars less per student than those in every other state and territory, according to data that also exposes the income gap between the public and private sectors.

  • Alex Crowe
Premier David Crisafulli with Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek at Sunnybank State School, announcing a $44 million investment into a three-pronged behaviour programs at Queensland state schools.

‘No place for it’: Schools get millions to fix bad behaviour in classrooms

The money will flow to Queensland state schools as soon as next week, but the teachers union says it falls “well short” of what’s needed.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
WA election 2025: Greens candidate Diane Evers, WA Premier Roger Cook, Liberal leader Libby Mettam. Picture: WAtoday

Is this WA’s education election? The influx of promises suggests so

Students across WA are back at school, and the state’s politicians have recognised the timing is right to push out their education election promises worth billions of dollars.

  • Holly Thompson
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces a new schools funding deal with Victoria and South Australia.

Victorian state schools to get $2.5 billion boost as ‘tortuous’ wrangling ends

The funding deal between the state and Commonwealth ends an 18-month stand-off.

  • Noel Towell and Caroline Schelle
Greens Leader Adam Bandt and Senator Penny Allman-Payne.

Greens pledge $800 in ‘back to school’ money for every state school student

The crossbench party launches its election year with a cost-of-living measure that would cost $10 billion to cover all school charges.

  • Olivia Ireland
Victorian teachers may be about to push for more pupil-free days.

Parents shell out billions as back-to-school costs increase

Rising expenses and tech demands leave families scrambling for ways to save on uniform and equipment costs ahead of the new school year.

  • Rachael Ward
Some Sydney private schools will be charging more than $50,000 a year.

Chop from the top: The Perth private schools getting a funding haircut

St Mary’s Anglican School, Hale School and Perth College are among many WA schools and hundreds nationwide found to have received up to 40 per cent above entitlements.

  • Claire Ottaviano and Alex Crowe

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