More than $50,000: Australia's most expensive schools in 2025 revealed
Three Australian schools are charging more than $50k a year in school fees for Year 12 students in 2025. Carla Mascarenhas is the NSW correspondent covering breaking news, state politics and ...
Staggering increase in private school enrolments compared with public sector
Private schools have trumped their public counterpart in enrolment numbers over the past five years, sparking debate about a ...
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Australia Should Support a Global Right to Free Education
With a healthy mix of nervousness and excitement, kids across Australia are grabbing their backpacks and sunhats this week ...
ATO launches court action against Canberra private school owing $8 million as government considers its own regulatory action
The Australian Taxation Office is seeking to have Brindabella Christian College wound up and declared insolvent, while the ACT government considers further action of its own.
School students less educated than ever on Australian democracy, data finds
School students are less educated than ten years ago on Australia's political systems, democracy and civic processes ahead of ...
Seven in 10 high school students fail civics and citizenship tests
The latest results come amid a loss of faith in democracy and political institutions, rising antisemitic attacks and a ...
Australian students just recorded the lowest civics scores since testing began. But young people do care about politics
In a new civics report, only 28% of Australian Year 10 students met the ‘proficient standard’ in 2024 compared to 38% in 2019 ...
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Australian research reveals deep crisis in public education
Monash University researchers recently issued two discussion papers highlighting untenable working conditions in public schools in the Australian state of Victoria. The papers were based on a ...