5 d. ago How Brisbane’s 20 biggest high schools performed in national tests

Some of the highest-achieving high schools are also Brisbane’s most sought-after. Others hold surprises.

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5 d. ago The top 200: Victoria’s star NAPLAN primary and secondary schools revealed

Principals at Victoria’s top-performing schools have shared how their students secured top marks for reading, writing and numeracy.

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6 d. ago How Brisbane’s 50 biggest primary schools performed in national tests

Students at some of Brisbane’s largest primary schools are among Queensland’s most improved, with state schools holding their own against top private schools.

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8 d. ago ‘He needs to be a boy’: Unnecessary surgeries being performed on intersex children

As Victoria prepares to ban unnecessary surgeries for intersex children, a new report says some hospitals appear to keep no records justifying surgeries.

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1 week ago Hanson sits at the crest of a populist wave. Will she be able to ride it this time?

Pauline Hanson’s One Nation posted its strongest national performance in nearly three decades at the federal election. Can it sustain the momentum?

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1 week ago Two Melbourne schools locked down after 11yo student stabbed on school grounds

Police say an 11-year-old boy and a woman were injured on the grounds of a Berwick primary school on Thursday morning.

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1 week ago Australia records biggest annual drop in emissions outside pandemic

Record output from renewable energy means emissions from coal plants are down as Australia’s greenhouse output has fallen for the first time in years.

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2 w. ago ‘So close he felt its fur’: Grizzly bear mauls schoolchildren in Canada

Teachers tried desperately to drive the grizzly away from the primary school group on a walking trail. Eleven people were hurt, including three children and an adult who suffered serious injuries.

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2 w. ago Primary school bans students from singing hit KPop Demon Hunters tunes

It’s a film about the power of friendship and self-acceptance that has broken viewing records across the globe. But one principal says it makes the community feel “deeply uncomfortable”.

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3 w. ago Why high school is coming early for these northern beaches students

To tackle the anxiety at the end of primary school, Harbord Public has radically reformatted term four in an experiment the Department of Education is keen to replicate.

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