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NSW has almost 50 academically elite government schools, while Victoria has just four. The Victorian opposition says Melbourne’s outer north and the state’s regional centres should get some.
A lower percentage of regional students met minimum standards for literacy and numeracy, while the reading skills of metro students were more than a year ahead of their country counterparts.
Devenish Primary is one of Victoria’s 10 “ghost schools” – tiny schools that are not officially shut but were stripped of teachers. But some families are fighting to keep them open.
Mark McLay appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and admitted he twice allowed his dog Rollo to be dangerously out of control.