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The NSW public schools where parents pay the most and least revealed
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (509+ words) August 17, 2026 — 7:30pm Parent financial contributions to the state’s public schools have shrunk by millions of dollars in the past year, while principals face $10,000 credit card transaction limits as part of finance reforms they say signals a lack of trust in their…...
I run a large Catholic education body. Post-ICAC, this is what needs to happen
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (110+ words) This ICAC stuff just doesn’t pass the pub test. Or the pew test – or the pulpit test. August 17, 2026 — 7:30pm A piece like this, responding to the disappointment and anger about what is happening, is required because this ICAC stuff just doesn’t…...
‘Middle of nowhere’: fears private primary school would overwhelm farming hamlet
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (720+ words) August 17, 2026 — 7:30pm Plans to build a private primary school for more than 300 students have distressed locals in a tiny farming community of 100 people near Geelong. Bacchus Marsh Grammar School has applied to build a private primary school at its Staughton Vale…...
Teachers call off strike
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (27+ words) Victoria's state school teachers have cancelled a strike planned for Wednesday. August 17, 2026 — 6:42pm...
Good education ideas need right execution
5+ hour ago (304+ words) August 17, 2026 — 3:56pm Why do governments struggle to deliver better outcomes, even when the intentions are good and the policy ideas are sound? It is a question I have spent much of the past five years thinking about, and the answer I…...
‘Congratulations, well done’: Third strike called off as teachers back pay deal
8+ hour, 32+ min ago (624+ words) Updated August 17, 2026 — 12:24pm,first published 10:46am Australian Education Union members have voted to accept the state government’s latest pay and conditions offer, calling off a third statewide school strike at the eleventh hour. Teachers, principals and support staff have endorsed a minimum…...
Melbourne High students to shift into portables after ‘extreme’ safety concerns raised
15+ hour, 56+ min 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…...
The bright sparks whose jobs are safe from artificial intelligence
15+ hour, 56+ min ago (445+ words) August 17, 2026 — 5:00am The bright sparks who become electricians battle angry dogs, bitter weather and itty-bitty crawling spaces – and that’s before you get to the constant need to guard against electrocution. But there is one threat tradies’ jobs are fairly safe from:…...
How Perth’s most in-demand schools impact nearby property prices
15+ hour, 56+ min 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…...
‘I’ve fallen in love with the trade’: The AI-proof job that 30,000 more Australians took up last year
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (380+ words) August 16, 2026 — 7:30pm Extremely early starts on frigid days, crawling in roof cavities, and bad-tempered dogs – according to the hundreds of Day in My Life videos that populate the internet, these are common realities in the workplace for Australia’s electricians. Despite the…...