Vapes will be made available at pharmacies without a prescription after the Albanese government backtracked on its plan to ban the commercial sale of e-cigarettes so it could strike a deal with the Greens. Health Minister Mark Butler secured support on ...
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Deepfake AI pornography is becoming more common – what can parents and schools do to prevent it?
A Victorian school community is reeling after fake, sexually explicit images of female students were generated using artificial intelligence and then shared on social media. About 50 high school students at Bacchus Marsh Grammar had their images altered. A teenage ...
More »Liverpool single-sex schools to merge to fulfil co-ed demand
Two public high schools in Sydney’s south west could be demolished and replaced with a forecasted $150m coeducation campus with capacity for 2000 students following a push for families to access mixed-gender education by the state government. The NSW Department ...
More »Just under half of students aren’t proficient in science
Only 57 per cent of Year 6 students and 54 per cent of Year 10 students attained the science proficiency standard in 2023, according to the latest Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) data. The National Assessment Program – ...
More »Retired teachers to be rehired in Qld’s eight-point school crisis plan
Rehiring retired teachers, incentives for regional schools, and taking aim at administration workloads are all part of the eight-point plan to ease the teacher workforce crisis after Queensland’s education experts held a schools summit on Tuesday. The key stakeholders included Education Minister Di Farmer, the ...
More »Peak bodies call on govt to ban vaping
A group of 11 education, school parent and medical associations have banded together to call on the government to pass legislation that would ban the sale and supply of recreational vapes. On January 1 this year, the government banned the ...
More »PM backs under 16 social media ban to protect children’s mental health
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared his support for a petition calling on the government to raise the legal age children are allowed to create social media accounts from 13-years-old to 16. The petition, started by Nova radio presenter Michael ...
More »Explicit teaching push continues in new behaviour curriculum
Australian students will be taught old-school discipline – including how to line up, keep quiet and be still – in a bid to rid classrooms of the behaviour crisis that sees teachers routinely abused, attacked and children disrupted. The new model of school discipline will ...
More »Brisbane principal returns to school amid sex abuse claims
A Catholic school principal caught up in a civil sexual abuse claim professed his innocence to staff and students during an assembly address in a move described by some concerned parents as “outrageous” and “inappropriate”. Parents and staff have spoken out following ...
More »Gold Coast principal denies reports of leaving
A Gold Coast high school principal who successfully sued parents for defamation after they called her an “evil, nasty, horrible woman” in social media posts has taken leave amid speculation about her future. Long-serving Tamborine Mountain State High principal Tracey ...
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