Education & training

Quiz #29/2025

Tom Trifonoff - 22 August 2025

There just ain't one Degree that would prepare you for these 20. 1. Which college in Cambridge Massachusetts founded in 1636 is America’s oldest institution...

Quiz #28/2025

Tom Trifonoff - 22 August 2025

You've had a good night's sleep, you say? Well done, but that's not enough to beat this quiz. 1. What UK television programme travels...

Local research homing in on the year round truffle

Denmark Bulletin - 21 August 2025

Serena Kirby. Research progress, technology advancements and opportunities to support a new truffle species which can be harvested in winter, spring and summer seasons was outlined last week. Academics, farmers, industry partners and representatives converged on the McHenry farm at Mt Lindesay recently to hear about these advancements in truffle cultivation.

Book captures former local school history

Murray Pioneer - 20 August 2025

A descendant of the first settlers at Lowbank, east of Waikerie, has written a book on the history of the former local school, providing an insight into education in the area from 1913 to 1942. The book, titled 'Low Bank School History', was published last month, and is Cheryl Paschke's fifth book about the history of the area.

Quandongs

Wilcannia News - 20 August 2025

Joe, Vince and Chris came to visit from Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga. They have a project which Joe tells us is "primarily to improve the cultivation of quandongs. So we're looking to traditional knowledge as well as we're trying to. I guess you could say, promote Indigenous people to start growing quandongs again."

Playbourhoods can create a better childhood if we dare to dream of something more

Susanna Freymark, indyNR.com - 19 August 2025

“This motion is fundamentally about the mental health of our children, it’s about the emotional stability of our children. It is about their cognitive and physical development. It is about their social development. This motion is about PLAY.”

Copper Coast Show: vibrant and community driven

Yorke Peninsula Country Times - 19 August 2025

Copper Coast Show chair Natasha Westbrook says the 2025 event was one of the most vibrant and community-driven the committee has seen in years, with record crowds, incredible participation, and all run by volunteers. The show was held over the weekend, August 16 and 17, and the Schools Livestock Day on Friday, August 15, had seven schools and 135 students participating with cattle, goats and sheep.

‘Teamwork starts at home’: TAFE NSW helps Harkness family build bricklaying dynasty

Contributor, ARR.News - 18 August 2025

Many hands make light work – and strong families. Just ask Moss Vale’s Harkness family, which with the help of TAFE NSW, is in the midst of an extraordinary bricklaying dynasty. All three brothers in the family – Bruce, 20, Barry, 18, and Max, 15 – are third-generation bricklayers and work under the guidance of their dad, Jobe, in the family business, J&S Harkness Bricklaying.

On the road with The GOAT

David Stewart, RYP International - 18 August 2025

Nathan Lyon has gone on a regional roadshow into New South Wales, back to where it all started, in his childhood community. Growing up in Young, and playing for Goulburn, Canberra, and Wagga Wagga, Nathan wants to give back to his community that has done so much for him. This week he hosted a children’s cricket clinic ...

Campdrafting? (But not the way you know it)

Mim Rogers, Allora Advertiser - 15 August 2025

Last week young students at St Patrick's School were treated to an entertaining session on campdrafting. The idea was to educate and obviously amuse the students in readiness for the Pacific Seeds 88 to Educate Charity Campdraft to be held on 23 and 24 August at the Allora Showgrounds.

School program helping kids through tough times

Ali Bohn, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper - 14 August 2025

Just like the ever-changing weather, our feelings experience many elements; stormy and gloomy, sunny and bright, cold and dark, sometimes all at once ... Barham Public School is proud to be running the Seasons for Growth program, a program designed to help provide support to children and young people experiencing uncertainty, change and grief.

Hunter finds his passion in Ag

Contributor, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper - 14 August 2025

Coming off a farm at Barham, 14-year-old Hunter Toohey is at school in Ballarat studying as hard as he can to get back there as fast as he can. At the weekend he was on a mate’s property outside Ararat trying to help thin the local fox population before heading back to the boarding house on Sunday night.

Indigenous Games – Bridging the Gap

Narrandera Argus - 14 August 2025

Yanco Agricultural High School Year 10 PASS students travelled eight hours north to the small remote town of Goodooga to take part in their annual Indigenous Games. The event embraces the theme of Bridging the Gap – creating connections between city and rural communities, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people, and the young and the old. It is a day dedicated to celebrating culture and fostering social harmony.

“School funding incredibly complex”

Nasik Swami, Naracoorte Community News - 13 August 2025

Sunrise Christian School Naracoorte principal Aaron Haines says there is a lot of misunderstanding about how independent schools are funded and is calling for a clearer, more balanced discussion. Mr Haines said school funding was incredibly complex, and all stakeholders had a responsibility to help teachers, parents, and the wider public understand how the Australian education system worked.

Webinar: Exploring agritourism for Australian growers

Contributor, ARR.News - 7 August 2025

With interest in unique tourism experiences on the rise, agritourism is a growing opportunity for Australian growers to diversify income, maximise farm assets, and build stronger connections with their local communities.

100 days of prep celebrated across Victoria

Emily Gladdis, Nhill Free Press & Kaniva Times - 6 August 2025

Prep students in Nhill and Kaniva schools have reached an exciting milestone — 100 days of school. To mark the occasion, students dressed up in colourful outfits and took part in fun, themed activities celebrating all they've learned in their first year.

The Flying Fruit Fly circus

Wilcannia News - 6 August 2025

Last Wednesday afternoon, local schools and community were treated to the incredible skills of the Flying Fruit Fly circus, which is Australia's National Youth circus. This visiting troupe was made up of children between the ages of 10 - 16 years. (and accompanying adults).

A leader’s competitive advantage – A coaching mindset!

David Stewart, RYP International - 5 August 2025

A leader with a coaching mindset listens, asks, and grows people—unlocking their potential and boosting performance.

Jade joins students on Kokoda Trail

The Buloke Times - 5 August 2025

The Nationals’ Member for Mildura, Jade Benham, has joined scholarship recipients, Hannah Saunders and Rhiannon Jack, in successfully completing the Kokoda Trail, marking the end of a profound journey honouring Australia’s wartime history and the enduring values of courage, mateship, endurance, and sacrifice.

Noted chef shares culinary wisdom with Birchip students

The Buloke Times - 5 August 2025

Many long-term Birchip residents would be familiar with renowned chef Stefano de Pieri. Recently, the first and second-year cookery students at Birchip P-12 School were incredibly fortunate to spend two days learning the foundations of traditional Italian cooking under his expert guidance.

New water testing breakthrough offers fast, affordable detection of dangerous parasite: CSU

Contributor, ARR.News - 5 August 2025

A Charles Sturt University researcher has helped develop a groundbreaking new method to test water for a dangerous parasite ... The new testing method is faster, cheaper and more accessible in remote or resource-scarce locations

Quiz #27/2025

Tom Trifonoff - 1 August 2025

One day you just might get 20/ 20 for these quizzes. One day, with the gods on your side ... 1. What is the word...

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