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Religious freedom backflip: Anglican Archbishop 'deeply sorry' for schools' letter

Religious freedom backflip: Anglican Archbishop 'deeply sorry' for schools' letter

The letter - signed by 34 schools - argued for the preservation of laws giving them the power to discriminate against gay students and teachers.

  • by Jordan Baker & Michael Koziol

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Uproar after Nazi hats, gas canisters and swastika cake used in class
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Uproar after Nazi hats, gas canisters and swastika cake used in class

A Victorian state school employee is being investigated after he brought firearms into class, baked a cake with a swastika on it and let a student dress up in his Nazi hat.

  • by Henrietta Cook
Canberra Now: Violence against teachers; relief for farmers
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Canberra Now: Violence against teachers; relief for farmers

All the news you need in the capital this Thursday.

  • by Sally Whyte
'I couldn't protect the other kids': Teachers speak out on violence
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'I couldn't protect the other kids': Teachers speak out on violence

On average, six teachers report violence in Canberra classrooms every day, and some say their pleas for help are still going unheeded.

  • by Sherryn Groch
Three HSC students escorted to exams while under investigation for sex assault
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Three HSC students escorted to exams while under investigation for sex assault

The year 12 students allegedly sexually assaulted a male year 10 student at their school in Sydney's west.

  • by Pallavi Singhal
Two more Queensland teachers banned from classroom
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Two more Queensland teachers banned from classroom

Teachers fail to convince tribunal they do not pose risk to children.

  • by Alison Brown
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Growing up gay in a Christian school had lasting effects on my life
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Growing up gay in a Christian school had lasting effects on my life

When I was 12, my parents sent me to a Christian high school.

  • by Oliver Griffith
'A big ship to turn around': The school that changed course
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'A big ship to turn around': The school that changed course

A school in Melbourne's south-east has gone from dire straits to setting the standard. 

  • by Anna Prytz
Schools' letter misinterpreted as homophobic, Anglican Archbishop says
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Schools' letter misinterpreted as homophobic, Anglican Archbishop says

The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney says his schools did not ask for and do not want exemptions from the Sex Discrimination Act but are seeking "a positive right to religious freedom".

  • by Pallavi Singhal
Sydney University given go-ahead for new Westmead campus
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Sydney University given go-ahead for new Westmead campus

Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence says the new $500 million campus will focus on artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing and data.

  • by Cassandra Morgan
Schools selecting for out-of-step values are narrowing their teacher pool
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Religion

Schools selecting for out-of-step values are narrowing their teacher pool

Time to rethink the widespread conviction that private schools deliver better education, in particular better teachers.

  • by Cathy Sherry