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No safer place for Schoolies, police minister says

No safer place for Schoolies, police minister says

As school leavers party hard on the Gold Coast, an anti-youth violence organisation is carrying out scans to ensure the teens aren't carrying weapons.

Mind check: should schools track kids' mental health?

Mind check: should schools track kids' mental health?

Mind check: should schools track kids' mental health?

Mind check: should schools track kids' mental health?

Australian schools will have access to a government-funded digital tool to support students' mental health but some question whether it will be effective.

Campus-style hubs to aid uni students in city outskirts

Campus-style hubs to aid uni students in city outskirts

Campus-style hubs to aid uni students in city outskirts

Campus-style hubs to aid uni students in city outskirts

University campus-style facilities are set to make life easier for students living on the outskirts of Australia's biggest cities.

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Final exams blunder prompts government review

Final exams blunder prompts government review

The education minister says Victoria's students "deserve better" after reports emerged that those sitting VCE exams could find hidden questions in sample tests.

Childcare worker wage rise set to be streamlined

Childcare worker wage rise set to be streamlined

As the nation's largest childcare provider signed on to a wage boost, the acting prime minister says a looming sector pay rise needed to be as easy as possible.

Social media ban passes the test for school principals

Social media ban passes the test for school principals

Banning under 16s from social media would be critical for the wellbeing of young people, a peak body for school principals says.

History, maths face axe as unis hit 'world of pain'

History, maths face axe as unis hit 'world of pain'

The university sector says it is in a world of financial pain and could cut up to 14,000 jobs as it deals with a forced drop-off in international students.

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Labor banking on education plan to give it a clean run

Labor banking on education plan to give it a clean run

Labor banking on education plan to give it a clean run

Labor banking on education plan to give it a clean run

As federal MPs return to Canberra, the Labor government is hoping its education reforms will allow it to end the political year on a high ahead of the election.

Calls to bring forward PM's plans for student loan help

Calls to bring forward PM's plans for student loan help

Calls to bring forward PM's plans for student loan help

Calls to bring forward PM's plans for student loan help

The prime minister wants to recalibrate Labor's agenda following controversy, pitching student loan help at graduates juggling cost-of-living pressures.

Tackling youth crime already a priority: police chief

Tackling youth crime already a priority: police chief

Tackling youth crime already a priority: police chief

Tackling youth crime already a priority: police chief

Queensland's newly elected government vows harsh laws targeting youth offenders but the police chief says crime numbers are already trending down.

Teachers seal three-year pay and conditions deal

Teachers seal three-year pay and conditions deal

Teachers seal three-year pay and conditions deal

Teachers seal three-year pay and conditions deal

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.

Foreign student cap on courses a 'reserve power'

Foreign student cap on courses a 'reserve power'

Foreign student cap on courses a 'reserve power'

Foreign student cap on courses a 'reserve power'

Education Minister Jason Clare says limits for foreign students taking up individual degrees will only be used as a back up.

Schools stoush rages on as teachers demand more funding

Schools stoush rages on as teachers demand more funding

Schools stoush rages on as teachers demand more funding

Schools stoush rages on as teachers demand more funding

The teachers' union is calling for a ban on the implementation of a new schooling model until the federal government lifts its share of public school funding.

Experts lash search and seizure laws for school kids

Experts lash search and seizure laws for school kids

Experts lash search and seizure laws for school kids

Experts lash search and seizure laws for school kids

Proposed laws to be introduced in the Northern Territory would mean children as young as 10 could be searched for knives while at school.

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Victoria digs its heels in over public school funding

Victoria has dug in its heels over an offer from the federal government on public school funding, arguing the Commonwealth should fill a known shortfall.

Childcare workers to get 15 per cent boost to pay

Childcare workers will get a pay rise in a bid to retain and attract early childhood educators back to the sector under laws introduced to parliament.

Holocaust, colonisation in school curriculum overhaul

Students across NSW will learn about the effects of colonisation on Indigenous Australians as part of a major high-school education overhaul.

Foreign student cap will lower living standards: unis

A higher education heavyweight says the major parties are undermining Australia's future prosperity for short term political gains by capping foreign students.

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From ABCs to ChatGPT: AI urged to be part of curriculum

AI tools could feature in the national school curriculum as an educational tool but warnings remain about its risks to students.

Great divide: private school funding gap keeps growing

More than half the nation's private schools receive more government funding per student than comparable public schools, an education union report has found.

Warnings student cap could hurt economy and research

Plans to cap international student numbers will "apply a handbrake" to one of the nation's biggest exports, the peak university body warns.

Threat to target Labor MPs over stalled TAFE pay deal

Angered by more than two years of failed pay talks, hundreds of Victorian TAFE teachers have gone on strike and are threatening to target Labor MPs.

Underfunding public schools 'entrenches inequality'

Teachers, students and state and territory education ministers are urging the federal government to increase its funding for public schools

'Ghost colleges' closed in tertiary sector overhaul

The federal government has moved to close almost 150 tertiary institutions that offered no training but continued to operate.

Uni changes to rule out large HECS rises: minister

University students will get an average of $1200 cut in their HECS debt under indexation changes brought to federal parliament.

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