Year 11 students from a Catholic high school have been expelled or have left voluntarily after it was revealed they had been hacking into one of the school’s IT systems to access sensitive information. At least four students from Corpus Christi College in Perth’s south gained access to an ITContinue Reading
Labor will bid to permanently increase its share of public school funding across the country, after striking a landmark deal with Western Australia. In the biggest shake-up to school funding in more than a decade, WA will be the first state to be fully and “fairly” funded after the federalContinue Reading
The chief executive of an Aboriginal corporation who allegedly held up a series of tree planting events in Western Australia after demanding $2.5 million has parted ways with the organisation. Whadjuk Aboriginal Corporation said in a statement on Monday that David Collard was “the former CEO”, after he was namedContinue Reading
Amid ongoing confusion over the implementation of Western Australia’s controversial new cultural heritage laws, two major tree planting events in the state were cancelled this weekend after an Aboriginal corporation demanded $2.5 million for approval, according to a report. Seven News reported on Sunday that the planting of 5500 shrubsContinue Reading
A landowner in Western Australia’s Pilbara region says he fears the property he purchased less than two years ago may be rendered “worthless” by the state’s new cultural heritage laws. Speaking to The West Australian on Monday, the anonymous landowner said he had been quoted more than $20,000 for anContinue Reading
A community tree planting event in Western Australia has reportedly been shut down by a local Aboriginal elder citing the state’s controversial new cultural heritage laws. Shane Van Styn, Mayor of the City of Greater Geraldton, 420km north of Perth, said in a Facebook post that Sunday’s tree planting atContinue Reading
Farmers in Western Australia are furious about sweeping new cultural heritage laws that will require them to pay an Aboriginal consultant up to $160 an hour to obtain permits to do anything on their land that might disturb more than 50 centimetres of soil. Locals have warned that the AboriginalContinue Reading