2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (504+ words) September 10, 2026 — 4:05pm A Brisbane university has brought in the Fair Work Commission into pay negotiations, despite claims from the union the university had yet to tell its workforce what it wanted from the deal. Staff at all three major Brisbane universities…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (641+ words) September 8, 2026 — 3:30pm The best thing I’ve heard in the whole catastrophe around boys at school is this: a headmaster at a Catholic boys school, Sydney’s St Joseph’s College, imploring his students to be better men. Principal Michael Blake gave this all-school…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (525+ words) September 8, 2026 — 5:00am Experts fear changes to the Queensland curriculum are turning families away from music studies, as the number of teachers falls, schools reduce the courses on offer, and those that remain have high out-of-pocket costs. Metropolitan schools retain music students…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (758+ words) September 3, 2026 — 7:30pm More than a dozen Catholic primary schools in Sydney’s north shore and northern beaches will share their principal with another school in a move designed to keep fees low amid a sharp reduction in funding. The Diocese of Broken…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (621+ words) September 3, 2026 — 5:00am Krystle Bridges says she has access to four channels of communication with her school on any given week. “There’s something for everyone, no matter how you like to communicate,” the Brisbane mum-of-two said. “I don’t think you could say…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (832+ words) September 2, 2026 — 8:02pm Music educator Ricky Kradolfer recalls ending a primary school lesson and strumming his guitar while the next class of students filed into the room. A young boy from the new group looked like he wanted to sing along, so…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (383+ words) September 2, 2026 — 4:03pm Controversial plans for a new tower opposite a primary school have been approved by Brisbane City Council, but frustrated parents say they will appeal the decision in court. The development at 33 Vulture Street in West End is slated to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (520+ words) September 1, 2026 — 2:26pm University of Queensland staff are preparing to stop work for half a day next week in their fight over pay and entitlements, as their employer signed an agreement to pay back thousands of employees it had shortchanged. The university…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (815+ words) August 26, 2026 — 8:29pm “It’s just really reactive planning, as opposed to proactive planning.” That’s how a parent at one of Brisbane’s biggest schools describes the government’s approach to our bursting-at-the-seams education system, where large school cohorts are managed by split start times…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (505+ words) August 25, 2026 — 11:15am Teachers have been awarded an interim pay bump more than a year after a workplace deal between their union and the government expired and as heated negotiations continue. The Queensland Industrial Relations Commission made the ruling on Tuesday morning,…...