Premier Roger Cook: NAPLAN results show importance of $1.6 billion Commonwealth funding agreement

Poor NAPLAN results showing a third of Western Australian students no longer meet basic proficiency standards underscore the importance of the state's agreement to a multi-billion dollar funding deal with the Commonwealth, the Premier says. Following the release of NAPLAN results showing that 30 per cent of WA students were at the bottom of the … Read more

Abolition of the Commonwealth Games under renewed scrutiny

A senior bureaucrat and advisers are questioned about the cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria as the Paris Olympics draw to a close. Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and the Regions Secretary Tim Ada has been summoned to give evidence to a state parliamentary committee of inquiry into the cancelled Games on Friday.