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Dad of 4yo left trapped on hot bus blasts daycare fine

The father of a four-year-old boy who was left trapped on a child care centre bus alone in sweltering heat has slammed the fine imposed on the company as ‘pathetic’.

Daryna Zadvirna

EducationViolent Vic parents to face schools ban

A new law being introduced to Victoria's parliament could give principals the power to ban violent or aggressive parents from school grounds.

Benita Kolovos

GALLERYCamera IconPremiumYear 12 artists explore climate change and FIFO stress

Visitors to the Art Gallery of WA will get a hint of what occupies the minds of the State’s budding visual artists as part of the Pulse Perspectives exhibition next week.

Kate Emery

Special reportCommentsPremiumWA sailing legend leading fight against micro-plastics

Jon Sanders will tell you he’s just an ordinary bloke but in actual fact he is anything but ordinary — the world-renowned sailor is leading the fight against the scourge of micro-plastics.

Alexandra Casey

Bold moveCommentsPremiumMurdoch rebrands itself with ‘futuristic’ new logo

Murdoch University is dumping its banksia logo for a slick corporate design, with Chancellor Gary Smith saying the move was part of a plan to ‘focus on attracting students with the right image of us’.

Bethany Hiatt

‘Discredited methods’CommentsPremiumConcerns for kids’ reading in curriculum shake-up

Educators say proposed changes to the national curriculum do not go far enough, with the review missing a chance to toss out use of ‘discredited’ methods to teach kids to read.

Bethany Hiatt

Curriculum shake upCommentsPremiumSchool sex education to have big focus on consent

School sex education lessons will have a much stronger focus on consent and respect in a streamlined national curriculum to be taught from next year.

Bethany Hiatt

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The West Australian exclusive
commemoration misfireCommentsPremium
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School axed Anzac Day plans for pupils to carry rifles

A primary school in the Perth Hills ditched plans for students to carry ‘deactivated’ guns as props in their Anzac Day ceremony after parents complained, The West can reveal.

Bethany Hiatt

‘Never again’VideoStudents ‘shamed’ for being white, Christian, males

A south-east Melbourne council says it never meant to engage in identity politics after a social worker allegedly labelled some male students "oppressors".

Callum Godde

EducationDollarmites to go from Queensland schools

School banking programs will end in Queensland after a review found they exposed young children to 'sophisticated' marketing tactics.

Nick Gibbs

Let’s talk about sexCommentsPremiumIf the government can’t explain consent, who can?

Few parents want to talk about it and schools are not much better. But what are our kids being taught about sexual consent, and how did a bizarre government video lift the lid on this taboo topic?

Bethany Hiatt

Contagion concernVideoUWA music competition sparks COVID fears

Hundreds of UWA students are being tested for COVID after it was revealed students from St Catherine’s College — visited by an infected student — took part in a large singing competition this week.

Brianna Dugan and Briana Fiore

‘Hardest 12 months ever’CommentsPremiumANU reports $162m deficit despite shedding 400 jobs

The Australian National University has recorded a deficit for the first time in more than a decade after a multi-million dollar hit delivered by COVID-19.

Sarah Ison

Future is hereRTS2021: The must-see show that will blow your mine

Jaw-dropping augmented reality, astonishing robotics, world-leading drone engineering and remote operations centres that NASA envies — it’s all coming to Perth and it’s all completely free.

Ben Harvey

Empowering studentsCommentsPremiumHigh school girls to be taught self-defence

Girls at Mt Lawley Senior High School are being taught how to fight back if they are attacked, using funds raised by parents.

Bethany Hiatt

‘Goonzebo’PremiumUWA guild bans parties after student hospitalised

The student body of WA’s most prestigious university is reviewing its sexual assault response policy amid reports under-age ‘freshers’ were pressured to drink heavily at a sundowner in a public park.

Bethany Hiatt & Michael Traill

EducationAust unis dominate sustainability rankings

Australian universities have starred in a global ranking system that measures their success in delivering sustainable development goals.

Tim Dornin

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Kate EmeryCommentsPremium
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Milkshake just added to confused message about consent

Did you watch the videos commissioned by the Government to educate young people about consent, sex and heathy relationships? If not, I can confirm they are as bad as everyone says, writes Kate Emery.

Kate Emery

Kate EmerySenior Reporter

Tragic suicidePremiumSchool support for LGBTQ+ kids a ‘work in progress’

Education Minister Sue Ellery has admitted ‘we can always do better’ at being more ‘inclusive’ following the tragic suicide of 15-year-old trans boy from Perth.

Briana Fiore

Food securityPremiumWorld’s first self-powered greenhouse opens in Perth

The greenhouse has been constructed with transparent solar power that provide power and have insulting properties which help control the microclimate to deliver higher yields.

Jenne Brammer

Classroom ClosuresCommentsPremiumSchools smashed by Seroja ‘unsafe’ for Term 2 start

Students at two public schools smashed by Cyclone Seroja will not be able to return to their classrooms for the start of Term 2, but their schooling will go ahead.

Bethany Hiatt

Priorities wrongCommentsPremiumWhy do we teach European instead of Asian languages?

The ignorance and apathy towards learning Indonesian has left just nine tertiary institutions in Australia that offer Indonesian language studies; a reduction of 63 per cent since 1992.

Ross Taylor

A+CommentsPremiumEducation overhaul to return Aussie schools to the top

The Federal Government will revamp education of the country’s teachers and investigate how to attract higher performers as part of its bid to lift Aussie school standards back into the top tier.

Sarah Ison

EducationAussie to lead University of Rhode Island

Monash University's senior vice president Marc B Parlange has been appointed president of the University of Rhode Island in the US.

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