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Athena school's links to Scientology

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‘A smokescreen’: Scientology-linked school funding blasted

A Newtown private school using Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s teaching methods has received almost $5 million in government funding since 2014.

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Digital artwork for Daily Telegraph scientology series.

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‘It crippled me’: Ex-student on life inside Scientology-linked school

A former Scientology student reveals how a church-linked Sydney school’s teaching methods left him mentally “crippled” and unable to read books for years.

Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination (STAND League) targeted education reporter Eilidh Sproul-Mellis on X after The Daily Telegraph published an article about the church’s education affiliates, including Sydney’s Athena School. Picture: X, , Source - https://x.com/standmonitor

OpinionNSW Education

Hello, my name is Bigot: How Scientology turned on me

It took ‘Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination’ just nine hours to start plastering my face with the label “bigot” across social media, writes Eilidh Sproul-Mellis.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 4, 2025: Minister for Education, Jason Clare during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

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Failing their future: Doctors’ damning report card on Aussie kids

A major study of the wellbeing of Australian children has found it stagnating or in decline across 21 of 22 key measures – and a group of senior doctors is pointing the finger.

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1/10/25. Year 12 Exams - How parents can best support their teens as they complete their year 12 exams. Yr 12 CBC student Travis Cappelluti -17yrs with mum Alison.Picture: Keryn Stevens

What year 12s need to hear from mums and dads right now

Parents can be even more anxious than their kids during year 12 exams. Here’s how experts say mums and dads should support their teens at this stressful time.

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22 October 2025Hampstead Primary School for story about schools where the demographics are changing as more well-educated professionals move into the area and enrol their children.Drushti 11, Adara 12, James 12 and Sultan 11.Pic RoyVPhotography

Ranked: Every state’s most upwardly mobile schools

Official data for every Australian school reveals some have recorded a meteoric rise in the social status of their families over the past decade. Explore the stats for your school.

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Augustus the first emperor of Rome and father of the nation.Source: iStock

Shocking exam bungle: Could you pass a Caesar test without any study?

Nine Queensland schools taught students the wrong topic for a year. How would you go on a Julius Caeasar test without any study? TAKE THE QUIZ

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Victorian Institute of Teaching takes years to resolve cases, damning review finds

Victorian Institute of Teaching takes years to resolve cases, damning review finds

Victorian Institute of Teaching is being overhauled after a damning report finds it takes up to three years to take no action, leaving accused teachers in limbo.

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26-year-old Plumpton High School teacher Tyson Moon has been charged with child sex offences.

Ex-drama teacher learns fate after student relationship

A western Sydney drama teacher has been sentenced after pinning the student against table while kissing him inside the school’s performing arts space and sharing more than 1000 WhatsApp messages.

VCE Footscray High School Kinnear Campus, 1 Kinnear Street.Images and footage of the practice exam must not identify students Publishing of footage and photos taken during the practice exam is EMBARGOED until 12.15pm Tuesday, October 28, 2025.Picture: Jason Edwards

‘Unfit for study’: Flu, gastro outbreaks jeopardise year 12 VCE exams

At least four Victorian schools have made alternative arrangements for students who have caught the flu or gastro in the lead-up to exams. Find out what to do if your child is impacted.

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AFP Commissioner Krissy B. and hacker

Nearly 60 suspects, 3 arrests: Top cop’s sadistic gang school warning

Federal Police have identified almost 60 young Australians linked to sadistic online gangs that force kids to kill pets and commit other vile acts.

VCE Footscray High School Kinnear Campus, 1 Kinnear Street. This girl has permission but no name. Images and footage of the practice exam must not identify students Publishing of footage and photos taken during the practice exam is EMBARGOED until 12.15pm Tuesday, October 28, 2025.Picture: Jason Edwards

Teens need to ditch AI and use their brains for exam success

The class of 2025 is the first group of year 12s to face their final exams in the AI era. One expert urges teens to take off the training wheels of ChatGPT in their final revision.

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Louise Paech and husband Locky say finding the time to get children Oskar and Ella to school with a healthy lunch requires a team effort.

What cost of living crisis? Aussie parents spend big to escape hated chore

Feel like there’s not enough hours in the day? You’re not alone – and many parents are willing to splash a surprising amount of cash to get out of one particularly tedious task.

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Serious mother talking to sad upset preschooler daughter kid at home. Mum consoling quiet girl, giving love, comfort, support, touching shoulder of child at home. Psychology, therapy, empathy concept

‘Re-enacting abuse or porn’: Kids’ sexual behaviour soars at schools

Reports of disturbing behaviour between children in schools have quadrupled since 2020, as experts warn it is now Australia’s fastest-growing form of sexual abuse.

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