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About 4400 five-year-old children had their first day of school today, as the mid-year intake returned to South Australian schools after a 10-year absence.
The 61-year-old was helping retrieve balls from the roof of one of the buildings when he fell through a skylight, dropping more than three metres to the ground.
The government report has shone a light on the systemic issues within the education system, with taxpayer-funded upgrades historically favouring popular schools.
There has been an "unseasonably high" number of school kids cases of whooping cough in New South Wales in recent months, according to the NSW department of health.
The list is believed to have been found on a year 9 boy's laptop, with a spokesperson from Victoria's Department of Education condemning the behaviour as "misogynistic and disrespectful".
The $769 million plan has been dubbed the largest expansion of public preschools in the state's history and will cater to 2000 three and four-year-olds.
The death of a nonbinary student the day after a fight inside an Oklahoma high school restroom has been ruled a suicide, the state medical examiner's office said on Wednesday.
An appeals judge said the decision was made solely on the basis that the law in force at the time did not apply to "conduct committed by a female upon a male".
The updated guidelines bring Australia's approach to concussion in kids' sport into line with that of New Zealand and the UK amid growing concerns about the impact of head injuries.
Today is the final day for New South Wales parents to apply for and use the government's Active Kids voucher before the scheme is replaced by one that is means-tested.
Motorists are being urged to slow down as children head back to school next week, especially after one-third of Aussies who took part in a recent survey admitted to speeding in school zones