Education and Family

The government will set aside $42.3 million to improve the life outcomes of autistic people over five years.

Australian parents are faced with paying around $700 for primary and $1,200 for secondary school costs. And that’s just uniforms and equipment.

An eight-year-old girl in Queensland suffered severe burns when a garment, which failed to meet mandatory safety standards for children’s nightwear, caught fire

Australians continue their preference for timeless, melodic, classic names.

In November, Australia legislated a world first ban on social media use for under 16s.

The NSW Education Standards Authority said the temporary removal of Orwell or Dickens comes with the addition of new authors.

New ministerial direction limits international student numbers with revised forecast pushing net migration to 340,000.

Australian universities have given feedback on their efforts to tackle antisemitism on campuses.

Experts are warning against porn consumption, pointing to statistics that reveal its negative impact, and the increasingly young ages of viewers.

A think tank says the move is aimed at shoring up Labor’s inner-city electorates.

Parents warned parents to think twice about buying an e-bike for an underage child for Christmas.

Australian National University professor Bruce Chapman said a levy would be a alternative solution to an international student cap.

New Australian laws allows the government to pay other countries to accept those non-citizens.

Dan Tehan highlighted the bill’s neglect of secondary visas, including 120,000 partners of students, 86 percent of whom seek to remain in Australia.

Some students were able to work out how to access questions, supposedly hidden, in sample papers uploaded by the body in charge of exams.

‘The higher income earners could be more restricted by their HECS debt than lower income earners,’ David Koch said.

Opposition raises concerns about the program’s cost and outcomes.

The university sector has backed the plan, while economists are less positive.