A teacher’s years-long sexual abuse of a 12-year-old, where she encouraged the child to “watch porn” to learn about sex, has been revealed. WARNING: CONFRONTING
Blake Antrobus
The research by Royal Life Saving Australia highlighted the continued decline in children’s swimming skills amid concerns about a rise in the number of drownings.
Bethany Hiatt
A disturbing detail has emerged at the inquest into the death of a water polo coach who was murdered by her boyfriend inside an elite school.
Steve Zemek and Nathan Schmidt
The recently completed Bayonet Head Early Learning Centre officially opened its doors on Saturday morning, with dozens of families turning out to tour the long-awaited facility.
Jacki Elezovich
Tributes have poured in for a beloved man who collapsed and died while playing a cricket match in temperatures near 40C.
Alexandra Feiam
A decade on, what hurts the most is the simplicity of how Riley’s life could have been saved and how many Australians are blind to the benefits of vaccines.
Christopher Dore
Gaming addiction is particularly prevalent in children with ADHD, autism, and anxiety disorders.
Andrew Leech
It comes after The West Australian revealed shocking footage had emerged of Year 8 students taking part in an organised fight club during class time at Mandurah’s Halls Head College.
Teaching early years is tough enough at the best of times.
Editorial
‘Screaming, yelling, ignoring any adult instruction and the swearing! Calling each other motherf---er, dickheads etc.’
A powerful teachers’ union has warned a Dutton government “is the biggest risk to the future of this nation” as a $4.8bn education deal hangs in the balance.
Nathan Schmidt
A primary school principal facing child sex offences wants to be allowed to see his own grandchildren without supervision.
Justin Bianchini
It is not the first time Halls Head College has been in the news about a ‘fight club’. Violent videos of students laying into each other were posted online in 2013. And its years since have been colourful.
Troy de Ruyter
I want to be engaged, get to know other parents and stay in touch with the teacher but it’s all slightly overwhelming. Is anyone else on the same page?
Edwina Bartholomew
It’s where boys go in secret to let off steam and prove their worth - and risk getting broken jaws, swollen cheeks and black eyes while being beaten to a pulp. And it happens in a classroom in school time.
Nurses and midwives have demanded the ability to prescribe basic medications and issue diagnostics in a move they say would reduce wait times and costs.
Jessica Wang
WA children sitting their national literacy and numeracy tests have dodged problems impacting students in other states with the help of the big time difference between the west and east coasts.
A look into declining maths results across the board and what’s being done to fix it.
Scitech
Mt Barker got a glimpse into its past last month when it unearthed a time capsule buried 25 years ago.
The Manea Senior College graduating class danced the night away at their college ball last month.
Sofia Fimognari
Farmers, families and advocates are calling on all side of politics to improve "dire" access to childcare in the bush, where there are years-long waiting lists.
Stephanie Gardiner
Regional and rural childcare centres are offering fly-in fly-out positions, accommodation and relocation incentives to attract staff amid a critical worker shortage which is forcing some centres to shut down.
Rhianna Mitchell
In WA, only 12 per cent of Year 4s and 13 per cent of Year 8s reached the “advanced” proficiency level in maths.
Jordana Hunter & Daniel Petrie
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Digital Staff
