Millions of dollars in student debts will be wiped for hundreds of thousands of graduates in a cost-of-living relief measure ahead of the upcoming election.
Joe Spagnolo
People with student loans will pay an average of $680 less back each year with a change in the repayment system aimed at boosting the take-home pay of a million young Australians.
Katina Curtis
In 2007 it was a best-seller, now it’s topped the list of books most banned in schools.
Staff Writers
A man crashed into a Perth school’s wall before allegedly threatening good Samaritans with an axe and forcing teachers into action.
Claire Sadler
Many Year 12 students were perplexed when they turned over their paper to start their ATAR English exam last week and were confronted with a picture of a clothesline.
Bethany Hiatt
This cost-of-living relief applies to all graduates earning up to $180,000 per year.
Josh Martin
The WA-founded, privately-owned group has been impacted by the Albanese Government’s decision to cap international student numbers, a move which is already slowing arrivals.
Sean Smith
The family of the driver behind the wheel of the car that crashed into a primary school, killing one child, says they’re in ‘shock’ following the incident.
Duncan Evans and Aisling Brennan
A long-serving vice-chancellor of the University of Western Australia has been remembered as a ‘friend and mentor to many’.
Music star Baker Boy and AFL prodigy Daniel Rioli have both taken on an important new role they hope will help make a major difference.
Duncan Evans
Year 7 student, Charlotte O’Brien, took her own life in September after experiencing relentless bullying.
Alexandra Feiam
Year 12s are continuing to walk away from exam-based subjects designed to prepare them for university, with less than half of WA’s eligible students taking at least one ATAR subject.
The City of Fremantle has backed the major redevelopment of a former TAFE site into dozens of homes and public open space.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
A farmer accused of enslaving his family through beatings, threats and intimidation allegedly told one child; “I could kill you at any time”, a court has been told.
Liam Beatty
More than 20 students at one of Australia’s most prestigious university colleges were allegedly involved in a ‘humiliation’ incident.
Matt Shrivell & Georgina Noack
Queensland's newly elected government vows harsh laws targeting youth offenders but the police chief says crime numbers are already trending down.
Savannah Meacham and Fraser Barton
Ugly episodes of anti-Semitism have besmirched Australian universities since October 7, and now the government will investigate just how bad things have become.
Students aged four to nine will have access to a new course that’s been likened to a “pen licence for the online world”.
Jessica Wang
A child has died and multiple others have been injured after a car crashed into a suburban primary school.
Nathan Schmidt, Alexandra Feiam
Six male students have been expelled and 21 have been suspended from a prestigious college over a “serious bullying” incident.
Adelaide Lang
Australian students are ranked as the second-highest achieving creative thinkers in a recent report assessing 64 countries.
An elite Perth private boys’ school is urging parents to hold off giving their Year 7 sons a smartphone and to ban them from social media to protect them from online harm.
NSW teachers have agreed to a three-year wage deal after months of talks with government officials, building on a previous one-off pay hike.
Neve Brissenden