The man behind the changes in arguably one of the more demanding state government portfolios gives the year in review and answers our rapid-fire questions.
Small businesses in regional WA suburbs are thriving,whilst those closer to Perth are struggling to operate longer than a year. Here’s why.
There have been significant improvements in the management of young people in detention,a new review has found – but Unit 18 should still close.
In total,4092 awards were awarded to 3722 students,with Perth Modern School,Christ Church Grammar School,Hale School,Rossmoyne Senior High School and Willetton Senior High School students featuring heavily.
Thousands of WA students have logged on to check their results,with some choosing to film the experience to capture their reaction to the score they have been working towards for years.
Mathematics expert and lecturer at Murdoch University Dr Brendan Florio said it was a “discriminator question” that set the top students apart.
For 18 WA students,opening their results held an additional surprise – a perfect score of 99.95. Here’s how they found out.
A total of 9992 students achieved an ATAR this year,with 18 of them receiving the ‘perfect score’ – all the same gender for the first time.
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Seven schools on the “most-searched” list already have more than 2000 students – some of those are creeping towards the 3000 mark.
Superintendent Dave Dench of Fremantle Police said many of the teens did not have any adult supervision on the island,and some were only 13 years old.