Mining past and present
The past and present of the mining industry is represented at the Australian Prospectors and Miners Hall of Fame in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
View ArticleParents fired up about over say in schools
Plans by the WA education department to allow state schools to become independently run could lead to positive changes local education.
View ArticleMore total fire ban days are on the way says DFES
Know what a total fire ban is and how it affects you
View ArticleUnion warns of regional fallout from TAFE budget cuts
The State School Teachers Union of Western Australia says students in regional WA are at a disadvantage because of cuts made to the TAFE budget.
View ArticleWest Australian Symphony Orchestra go bush to give Leinster a rare musical treat
Residents of the mining town of Leinster are treated to a rare live performance from some of Western Australia's top musicians during a visit from the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
View ArticleSuicide prevention team says holiday season is high-risk time
An expert consultant on a national suicide prevention project says the festive and holiday season is traditionally a difficult and stressful time for some communities.
View ArticleEducators say parents are the linchpin in closing the education gap for...
Goldfields educators say that involving parents preparing their children for school will be a key factor in closing the gap in education between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students.
View ArticleMinister scraps plans to amalgamate Kalgoorlie-Boulder high schools
Education Minister Peter Collier has dumped plans to re-amalgamate two Kalgoorlie public secondary schools following overwhelming community opposition.
View ArticleWest Australian music project gives leg up to Aboriginal music producers in...
A West Australian music project is helping to upskill Aboriginal music producers and engineers.
View ArticleFilmmaking behind bars: reducing reoffending by building digital literacy in...
A new prison education project takes a creative approach to engage inmates through producing a series of stop motion animation videos.
View ArticleTaking on youth suicide: Leonora community rallies to create a better place...
In response to a cluster of youth suicides earlier in the year, the remote WA northern goldfields town of Leonora is drawing on international research, and a can-do local attitude to improve life...
View ArticleWomen inmates share personal experience of domestic violence in short film
Women inmates at a WA prison have drawn on their personal experience of domestic violence to create a new short film.
View ArticleFocus on language and culture key to remote school's success
Using Aboriginal language and culture as the central point of their curriculum, Wiluna Remote Community School are finalists in the WA Education Awards for their work in Indigenous education, a...
View ArticleGoldfields inmates enrol for university degrees as attitudes to prison...
Prisons don't have much in common with university campuses, but at the Eastern Goldfields Region Prison more than half the inmates are enrolled in education programs.
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