Australia’s independent online safety regulator received more than 1000 reports of image-based abuse in the first quarter of 2022, compared to just over 600 last year, new figures have revealed. More than 60 per cent of the reports (667) were ...

NSW public and Catholic school teachers will go on 24-hour-strike next week over "crippling" workloads and ongoing wage disputes. The NSW Teachers' Federation (NSWTF) and the NSW branch of the Independent Education Union of Australia (IEUA) announced teachers will walk ...

NSW and Victoria will transform their early education sectors as part of two billion dollar reform packages set to introduce an extra year of kindergarten. By 2030, children in NSW will attend five days of pre-kindergarten before they start primary ...

The Albanese Labor government is moving to remove the compulsory religious element of the national school chaplaincy program. Federal Education Minister Jason Clare said the major change was aimed at giving schools greater choice around pastoral care. The voluntary scheme ...

The NSW education department has launched legal proceedings against the state's largest education union over a series of teachers' strikes held in May. According to supreme court documents obtained by the Daily Telegraph, the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) breached orders ...

Young men are less likely to attain an ATAR and are performing lower in their university courses than women, University Admissions Centre (UAC) data has shown. In 2020, boys were "significantly underrepresented" in the 38-98.7 ATAR range, despite accounting for ...

Victorian schools will have the authority to ban parents who engage in threatening behaviour online or in person, with a possible penalty of up to $10,000 for those who don’t comply. The Victorian Government announced the extended powers last month ...

One of Melbourne’s most prestigious colleges is seeking to become the state’s first private online school under an ambitious new venture called Haileybury Pangea. Elite private school Haileybury, which already has four campuses across Melbourne and a site in Darwin, ...

Australian schools have failed to provide students with disability the ongoing support and accessible learning they need, a royal commission has heard. This week the Royal Commission into the Abuse of People with Disabilities began its five-day inquiry into the ...

A Sydney MP claims there has been a “horrifying” cover-up of asbestos in a local high school. Castle Hill MP Ray Williams claims the school community was told Castle Hill High School was all clear despite a 2016 test returning ...