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Australia has had a long, rich cultural history of producing some of the greatest performing artists to grace the world stage. Among them is lauded and internationally recognised Indigenous soprano, actor, composer and playwright, Deborah Cheetham. Among her many credits, ...

Taking time off could become a reluctant mea culpa for many experienced public school teachers, under new salary conditions the NSW Department of Education has outlined. In a move that the NSW Teachers Federation has decried as an attack on women’s pay ...

An alternate approach to the traditional classroom teaching model has been working its way into Australian schools, enhancing the way students learn and discover. Known as project-based learning, it positions students as creators and authoritarians rather than just content consumers, ...

The retraining of public school teachers to become knowledge experts in mathematics and science will be critical in addressing a present and forecasted supply deficit in NSW for those subjects, the NSW Department of Education has outlined in a report. ...

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” It was with those immortal words that American astronaut Neil Armstrong, representing the entire human race, etched his name into the history books, having conquered what was then ...

Gracing our currency’s $50 note is an iconic figure from the early 20th century who became known as the ‘Australian Leonardo da Vinci’. History knows him as David Unaipon, a Ngarrindjeri man. He was an Indigenous polymath who gained a reputation ...

A new app designed to detect autism early in life, offering hope to the thousands of families with young children pending diagnosis, took home honours at the Australia Information Industry Association iAwards. ASDetect is available free and operates on both iOS and ...

An award-winning education expert is taking aim at reversing what he warns is a tendency for students to scoff at the sciences in favour of other subjects. As career options, sciences have become a more unlikely choice for many because ...