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The swimming pool at Applecross SHS has been broken and out of action for years. Unknown

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Top Perth school’s pool out of action for years

A neglected swimming pool at a leading public high school has been left broken and out of action for more than three years.

Bethany Hiatt

Murdoch University has shelled out nearly $5 million in backpay to hundreds of staff members after underpaying them for a decade.

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Probe uncovers Perth University underpaid staff by $5m

Murdoch University has shelled out nearly $5 million in backpay to hundreds of staff members after underpaying them for a decade.

Bethany Hiatt

Nearly one third of school lesson time is being lost because of students disrupting classes by talking, calling out, arriving late or challenging teachers’ instructions.

EducationPremiumSchools losing a third of lesson time to student disruption

Nearly one third of school lesson time is being lost because of students disrupting classes by talking, calling out, arriving late or challenging teachers’ instructions, a report has found.

Bethany Hiatt

Bunbury Senior High School’s Robotics Team was crowned the Western Australian State champions after at the Western Australian Robotics Playoffs State Championship in Perth last month. 

EducationPremiumBunbury Senior High School crowned robotics State champions

Bunbury Senior High School’s Robotics Team was crowned the Western Australian State champions after at the Western Australian Robotics Playoffs State Championship in Perth last month.

Craig Duncan

NSW is to limit the number of home-based assessment tasks for students to combat AI use. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumNation-leading AI rule change for students

Students are set to be limited to a maximum of one take-home assessment task for their year 12 studies as the threat of AI looms.

Allanah Sciberras

University of Sydney staff are set to strike for 24 hours over stalled enterprise bargaining talks. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumHundreds of university staff to strike over AI changes

Students have been told not to attend a university campus as hundreds of staff stop work for 24 hours over concerns including artificial intelligence.

Sarah Spina-Matthews

Labor has committed to legislating a digital duty of care that would put the onus on tech companies. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumSocial media opt-out mulled to stem harmful content

How to limit misogynistic content in social media feeds and a potential ban on strangulation in pornography are being weighed up by the government.

Emily Woods

James Bowis studying mechanical engineering thanks to The Smith Family's Learning for Life program. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumScholarship helps disadvantaged student reach for more

He wore the same pair of shoes throughout primary school but with help from The Smith Family, James Bow is forging a new path out of poverty.

Katelyn Catanzariti

Keyan Robertson is in final preparation for his ‘runraiser’ to run 100kms on Sept 5 to raise enough money to upgrade the Malvern Springs Primary School’s ageing and defective air con.

EducationPremiumDamning documents reveal faulty air conditioning in school

Damning documents have laid bare the extent of air conditioner defects plaguing one WA primary school, resulting in health hazards such as sweltering classroom conditions, black mould and leaking ceilings.

Bethany Hiatt

Bob Hawke College Year 12 Visual Arts graduate Yuvan Muthusami has won The West Australian Pulse 2026 People’s Choice Award for his lino print artwork The Last Embrace.

PulsePremiumArt advocating for justice deemed favourite

Bob Hawke College Year 12 Visual Arts graduate Yuvan Muthusami has won The West Australian Pulse 2026 People’s Choice Award for his artwork The Last Embrace.

Tanya MacNaughton

Albany Outside School Hours Care has been fined $33,000 by the State Administrative Tribunal.

Childcare fine PremiumCentre fined after 5yo child escapes care & walks home

An Albany childcare provider has been hit with a $33,000 fine after a five-year-old child managed to escape by jumping a fence and travelling unsupervised through bushland and across a busy road to get home.

Melissa Sheil

Australian universities have been identified as collaborating with Chinese defence labs.

Federal PoliticsVideoPremiumAustralian universities linked to Chinese warfare research

Leading Australian universities have been identified by a US Air Force-affiliated think tank as collaborating with Chinese defence institutes which develop advanced military warfare for Beijing.

Andrew Greene

Ten WA public schools have been chosen to take part in a six-month pilot program aimed at stamping out anti-Jewish hatred.

EducationPremiumThe WA schools tackling Jewish hate head-on

Ten WA public schools have been chosen to take part in a six-month pilot program aimed at stamping out anti-Jewish hatred.

Bethany Hiatt

Years 5 and 6 students from across the Leschenault Alliance of Public Schools joined Australind SHS, CME and industry representatives for the 2026 STEM Showcase.

2026 STEM ShowcasePremiumSouth West students unite to explore what STEM can offer

Close to 300 Year 5 and 6 students from the South West united for the chance to explore what they can achieve with a career in science, technology, engineering and maths. 

Craig Duncan

The new ECU Campus in the Perth CBD.

Top of the class: ECU Perth city campus wins major award

The ECU Perth City campus has taken out the nation’s biggest award for construction excellence, earning the title of Australia’s best construction project. 

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Exhibition co-creators Judith Lawrence and Talya Mossenson at Holocaust Education Centre in Yokine.

EducationPremiumConfronting Holocaust Education Centre opens in Perth

Unlike a traditional museum with labelled objects from the past, Perth’s newly-opened Holocaust Education Centre puts visitors front and centre of each scene.

Bethany Hiatt

Zeno Sworder drew inspiration from his nature-filled childhood for his book Once I was a Giant. (Christopher Hopkins/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumInspired by love of trees, father wins kid's book prize

Australian author Zeno Sworder feels honoured to take out a coveted book award after publishing a children's book inspired by a childhood of climbing trees.

Allanah Sciberras

Parents from a school in Perth’s south are calling for all public schools to have at least two educators to a classroom.

EducationPremium‘Urgent’: Perth parents demand two-teachers per classroom

All public schools should have at least two educators to a classroom to support students’ learning, according to parents from a school in Perth’s south calling for a review of staffing allocations.

Bethany Hiatt

Lakini Fernando & Dilhani Kapu Arachchilage.

SEE THE PICSCamera IconPremiumWA educators celebrated at community language teacher awards

Community language teachers from across WA have been celebrated at an awards night.

Kellie Balaam

Benjamin Dryhurst, Tayn Wrobel, Jandeaine Declarador, Tayte Cramer, and Allegra Xhindole try out VR headsets.

Future-readyNBN brings national regional roadshow to Albany

NBN brought its Future Ready Regional Roadshow to Albany last week, giving St Joseph’s Catholic College high school students a taste of some of the technology of the future.

Jacki Elezovich

Students at the WA Robotics Playoffs & Innovation Challenge 2026.

EducationPremiumBunbury students shine at Statewide innovation challenge

South West students showed their talent coming out among the top teams at a major Statewide innovation challenge. 

Craig Duncan

Grassroots parents’ organisation the Heads Up Alliance is demanding that primary schools should be free from devices, with a renewed focus on books, pencils and paper as kids’ main learning tools.

EducationPremiumParents call for devices to be banned from primary schools

A push to get laptops and tablets out of the hands of primary school students is rapidly gathering pace, with WA parents adding their names to a nationwide petition calling for their removal from classrooms.

Bethany Hiatt

Albany Senior High School students joined the Say No to Hanson protest on Thursday.

walkoutPremium‘Australia is for all’: Albany students join Hanson walkout

Armed with handmade signs, a group of Albany Senior High School students took a short break from lessons on Thursday to join thousands protesting policies promoted by One Nation senator Pauline Hanson.

Melissa Sheil

Premier Ben Carroll says the deal delivers "the best pay and conditions" for Victorian teachers. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

EducationPremiumThird teachers' strike off as bitter pay dispute ends

A third statewide strike of public school teachers has been cancelled after unionised educators swung in behind a sweetened pay offer.

Nick Wilson and Allanah Sciberras