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Shock allegationsPremiumFormer teacher accused of sexually abusing ex-students

A former South Thornlie Primary School teacher allegedly told one of his victims after he digitally raped her that he ‘could do whatever’ he wanted and that he ‘could get away it’, a court has heard.

Emily Moulton

PM BriefingThis afternoon’s top stories from The West

McGowan and Kirkup to face-off after the Liberal leader waved the State election white flag, Perth students behaving badly after tradie attack and Facebook ‘re-friends’ Australian news.

‘Petrified’PremiumStaff at tradie attack school ‘fear for their lives’

Teachers working at a school where students attacked two tradesmen say they are ‘scared for their lives’ every day and are ‘petrified’ to go to work.

Bethany Hiatt

Arylene Westlake-JenningsCommentsPremiumWhy wouldn’t you want to toilet-train your kids?

I have a question for the parents who don’t toilet-train their kids by the time they’re in kindy: why wouldn’t you?

Arylene Westlake-Jennings

‘Let’s smash his car’VideoPremiumStudents viciously attack tradies at Rockingham school

Shocking footage has emerged of an attack on two tradesmen by a bunch of out-of-control students at SMYL Community College — with one stomping on and shattering a ute windscreen. WATCH HERE.

Bethany Hiatt and Kate Ryan

AM briefingCommentsThis morning’s top stories on the West Australian

A man fights for life after a train is derailed by an iron ore truck, Scott Morrison has been urged to consider psychometric testing for parliamentary staff and a girl who bit a cop avoids jail.

Reading boostCommentsPremiumLabor hints at Year 1 phonics test

WA election 2021: Education Minister Sue Ellery has left the door open to introducing a compulsory Year 1 phonics test

Bethany Hiatt

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‘Crippling’ crisisCommentsPremium
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Desperate plea to stop kids missing out on childcare

The childcare industry is calling on WA’s major parties to commit to a raft of measures to address staff shortages and other issues, including “the unchecked saturation of early learning services”.

Rhianna Mitchell

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Phonics debateCommentsPremium
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Reading is essential for a good, productive life

The ability to read is essential to a young person’s ability to getting a good job after school. But employers are reporting some applicants are only barely literate. This isn’t good enough.

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Literacy on the lineCommentsPremium
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WA business leaders call to fix WA kids’ reading

Influential business leaders are calling for a compulsory phonics screening test for all Year 1 students in WA to help prevent barely literate graduates becoming a ‘drag on the economy’.

Bethany Hiatt

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‘heartbreaking’CommentsPremium
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WA teachers say Year 1 students ‘not toilet trained’

West Australian teachers have reported a disturbing rise in the number of children — some primary school aged — who are attending school in nappies because they are not yet toilet trained.

Bethany Hiatt

EducationNSW teachers need urgent pay rise: review

NSW teachers need a 15 per cent pay rise over two years according to a 12-month review, and the report author says the profession is facing a crisis.

Liv Casben

EducationVic students rejoice at classroom return

Hundreds of thousands of Victorian students have returned to classrooms after the state's five-day lockdown forced a brief relapse to remote learning.

Callum Godde

EducationHundreds of TAFE NSW jobs to be slashed

Almost 700 TAFE NSW jobs will be cut across the state, with 10 per cent of education support jobs to go in two major restructures.

Tiffanie Turnbull

Ripples and WavesCommentsPremium‘Brush with death’ inspires PLC leadership program

A near-death experience helped sow the seeds of a new leadership program at Presbyterian Ladies’ College aimed at pushing teenagers out of their comfort zones.

Bethany Hiatt

EducationEducation union calls for more TAFE funds

The Australian Education Union says TAFE should be central to the nation's economic recovery from coronavirus as it helps people retrain and gain employment.

Rebecca Gredley

5 things you didn’t know about the International School of Western Australia

How alternative learning environments helped shape these open and internationally minded individuals.

International School of Western Australia

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EducationFast track to principal for NSW teachers

Excellent teachers will be able to become principals in NSW within a decade under a new program to entice more people to the profession.

Hannah Ryan

‘Unlawful termination’PremiumDemoted Curtin Uni academic wins urgent court hearing

A Federal Court judge has promised an urgent hearing for a senior Curtin University academic who fears deportation after being demoted in a health sciences mega-merger.

Neale Prior

EducationVic principal used school money to gamble

Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass says a former principal spent the state school's funds on gambling and holidays.

Georgie Moore

‘Anyone is welcome’CommentsPremiumPastor denies evangelical church is ‘cult-like’

A Perth pastor has defended his ultra-conservative church, assuring his congregation that ‘everyone’ is welcome to come to the services that it holds in a public school auditorium.

Charlotte Elton

Just the tonicCommentsPremiumWhy the pandemic may mean more nurses

While nursing has always been in high demand, each of WA’s four universities that offer the course have seen a surge in interest in nursing from the Class of 2020.

Bethany Hiatt

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Elite school scandalCommentsPremium
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Anti-gay church allowed to preach at Perth Modern

An ultra-conservative church that denounces homosexuality and same-sex marriage, and demands women are subservient is preaching its gospel in a public school auditorium.

Sarah Brookes

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Operation Face MaskCommentsPremium
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Gold star to educators who passed tests of new year

In the last week, many teachers, principals and Education Department staff have gone far above and beyond their normal jobs to help students settle into an uncertain start to the school year.

Bethany Hiatt

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