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How innovation hubs at Parkville and Clayton can put Melbourne on top of the world
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (112+ words) The city’s innovation precincts are brimming with world-class talent, but raising capital is key for start-ups to grow and stay local. High-tech industries including biomedicine and robotics will help future-proof jobs and drive Melbourne’s prosperity, as long as the city…...
How Perth’s most in-demand schools impact nearby property prices
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (597+ words) August 17, 2026 — 5:00am The price growth of properties in multiple suburbs surrounding some of Perth’s most in demand schools has far exceeded the average growth across the city over the past 30 years, a new report has revealed. But not all suburbs near…...
How much it costs to live in Melbourne’s most desired school zones
3+ week, 2+ day ago (674+ words) August 22, 2026 — 5:00am Shane McCullagh and his partner, Safia Desai, had worked in remote communities for years. Moving back to Melbourne, they wanted their kids to go to a good school, close to the city and work. It was a two-year process…...
The secret weapon Melbourne can use to ward off brain drain
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (1436+ words) option of accepting a job in Melbourne or one in Sydney when she moved to Australia from India in 2016,...
Inside Reddam House, the Sydney private school trying to break the mould
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (1152+ words) classroom on the upper floors of the school’s North Sydney building, year 9 science students sit at separate...who you are.” In the 18 months since the North Sydney school opened, student numbers have grown from...
Brisbane’s schools are bursting at the seams. It’s only going to get worse
2+ week, 4+ day ago (815+ words) August 26, 2026 — 8:29pm “It’s just really reactive planning, as opposed to proactive planning.” That’s how a parent at one of Brisbane’s biggest schools describes the government’s approach to our bursting-at-the-seams education system, where large school cohorts are managed by split start times…...
The NSW public schools where parents pay the most and least revealed
3+ week, 6+ day ago (509+ words) million last year, but selective schools and those in Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs are still receiving hundreds...released by the NSW Department of Education. Selective Sydney Boys High School raised the most of any public...
Inside Melbourne universities’ plans to future-proof degrees and jobs
1+ week, 13+ hour ago (1161+ words) Universities in Melbourne are launching start-ups, embracing industry on campus and positive uses of AI as their students integrate with businesses and the community. Melbourne’s biggest universities will launch dozens of start-ups each year in a bid to lift innovation…...
Revealed: The NSW universities using AI in lectures and as ‘study buddies’
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (859+ words) August 23, 2026 — 7:30pm The state’s universities are deploying AI in lectures, as a virtual assistant for conversational skills and as a “study buddy” as the technology continues its march on higher education. Backlash is brewing across the sector as concerns mount about…...
Melbourne High students to shift into portables after ‘extreme’ safety concerns raised
4+ week, 13+ hour ago (805+ words) August 17, 2026 — 5:00am Up to half of all classes at Melbourne High School could move to demountables next year after the state’s building authority committed to critical safety work, but a full restoration of its century-old “castle on the hill” remains in…...