Alex Crowe
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Public warned not to approach man suspected of axe attack (opens the original)
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The public has been urged to not approach a man who has been on the run for more than 24 hours after he allegedly attacked his parents and brother with an axe or hatchet in Gippsland. Peter O’Ryan, 48, is alleged to have entered his family home in Cowies Road, Tyers, 160 kilometres east of Melbourne, about 12.30pm on Saturday, when an argument began. O’Ryan is alleged to have first assaulted his brother, then turned on his mother and father, before fleeing the home on foot. The father and son, a
Alex Crowe | The Age (opens the original)
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Australia has recorded its worst results in maths and reading skills since international testing began. The Age’s Schools that Excel series celebrates schools that achieve outstanding improvement in their VCE results over a decade. Find out who won and use our dashboard to track your school’s results. Police are continuing to hunt for Peter O’Ryan after three of his family members were seriously injured in the small Gippsland town of Tyers on Saturday. The future of education and innovation will
What Victoria’s perfect ATAR achievers all had in common (opens the original)
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Forty-three students achieved a perfect ATAR of 99.95 last year and each high achiever boosted their end-of-school mark through top scores in the two toughest maths subjects. All 43 students who topped the state in 2025 selected mathematical methods and specialist mathematics, both of which are scaled up due to their difficulty. The third most common subject students completed to achieve top marks was chemistry – chosen by 37 students – followed by English, which is compulsory, and counted towar
A Melbourne school classified 90% of students as having ‘extensive’ needs. Now it could face a $23m bill (opens the original)
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A Melbourne independent school is facing a federal government demand to repay taxpayer-funded disability payments worth nearly $23 million. Hester Hornbrook Academy, a special assistance school, announced deep cuts to programs and staff numbers on Tuesday after the school was told by the Education Department that it had claimed $22.9 million in disability funding to which it was not entitled. It is the largest instance of alleged over-claiming that has been made public since the federal governme
Catholic schools warn of fee hikes as teachers negotiate pay (opens the original)
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Families can expect to pay more for potentially less at some Victorian Catholic schools next year, amid warnings that teacher salary increases could mean fee hikes and subject cuts. About 40,000 Catholic school staff, who are negotiating a workplace agreement for the next four years, anticipate an increase in line with the 28.3 per cent increase public school teachers are expected to endorse by October. Catholic teachers, who have had pay parity with public colleagues since the 1990s, have recei
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