News Articles for Sue Ellery

A new state school-based innovation program is part of a plan to focus more teaching on future-facing skills.

The first primary school out of two proposed educational facilities to be built by 2024 has been approved by a state government planning assessment body.

The state government's $22 million proposal for a new primary school in Hammond Park will be considered by its own planning body next week.

A cohort of 11 regional and metropolitan architects have been contracted to design new STEM facilities for 19 public secondary schools in Western Australia.

Millions of dollars were wasted and transparency derailed in state's telco deal.

Reforming childcare and higher education policy shape as top priorities for Labor in its first term in government.

Murdoch University has blamed the COVID pandemic for derailing its $250 million inner city campus proposal, which had been predicated on an increase in international students.

COVID-19 protocols in WA schools will be eased next month as almost 9,000 positive cases of the virus were reported overnight.

Daglish-based Oldfield Knott Architects has been chosen to design the new $26 million primary school in Hammond Park, set to open in two years' time.

WA's objections to the draft national curriculum speak to political priorities beyond the history wars.

Amber-Jade Sanderson announced the transition to "very high caseload settings" just hours after WA reported another record-breaking jump in figures, with 3,594 new infections.

Western Australia has recorded 17 new local cases of COVID-19 overnight, as the state government launches its third-dose vaccination blitz.

About 80 workers are isolating at a BHP mine site in Western Australia's Pilbara region after a contractor tested positive to COVID-19.

A further 14 new local COVID cases have been recorded in Western Australia overnight, including two cases of unknown origin.

Premier Mark McGowan has announced a major cabinet reshuffle this morning, with Amber-Jade Sanderson set to replace Roger Cook as Health Minister.

The state government and Shell Australia have penned a deal to supply and install boiler training equipment at South Metropolitan TAFE's Munster facility.

TRCB Architects and EIW Architects have been appointed to design $23 million and $15 million projects at John Curtin College of the Arts and Mount Lawley Senior High School respectively.

The contract to build a $6 million health and hospitality centre at North Regional TAFE's Kununurra campus has been awarded to local business Kimberley Green Constructions.

The state government is set to issue further JobTrainer funding to the tune of $103.5 million in a bid to upskill young people and those seeking employment.

School teachers could be the next group targeted for mandatory coronavirus vaccinations in Western Australia in a bid to accelerate the state's rollout.

Architects and builders have been awarded contracts for projects totalling close to $95 million across seven WA schools.

Western Australia has tens of thousands of empty coronavirus vaccination slots as authorities prepare to offer jabs at selected secondary schools.

Work on a $16.9 million upgrade to South Metropolitan TAFE's Mandurah campus has started, with new hospitality and tourism training facilities to open in 2023.

The state government will launch a $4 million campaign to draw skilled workers from interstate to address WA's skills shortage, as data shows people from the eastern states are moving to WA in droves.

Education Minister Sue Ellery will oversee close to $500 million of spending on schools as the re-elected McGowan government gets down to business.

What role will unions and factions play in Mark McGowan's second term?

The Nationals will hold just four seats in the lower house after former party leader Terry Redman lost the South West seat he's held since 2013 this morning.

Labor's left faction is set to dominate cabinet appointments as key figures from the party's right flank are shifted out of the ministry.

Peel Health Campus, TAFE courses, and the balance of power in parliament were key issues on the election campaign trail today.

The strong likelihood of a returned McGowan government isn't enough to ensure it can gain a majority in the upper house.

Architects have been major beneficiaries of the state government's COVID-19 stimulus, with a host of firms securing contracts to redesign public schools in recent months.

The debate over the use of mobile phones in WA schools continues, 12 months after a ban was introduced.

Western Australian Nationals MP Jacqui Boydell says she has experienced bullying, threats and intimidation within her own party.

Parry and Rosenthal Architects will design a $5.3 million performing arts centre at Dianella Secondary College, while Carabiner secured its third state government contract for the month.

Perth-based Carabiner will design $4 million worth of school projects, including a new kindergarten centre in Thornlie and a school upgrade in West Byford.

A $10.4 million performing arts centre and sports hall are in the works in Pinjarra following the appointment of Bunbury-based designer MCG Architects (MCG).

Local architects have been selected to draw up $27 million of TAFE upgrades in Kalgoorlie and Albany.

Non-profit organisation Teach for Australia will receive $4 million from the state government to support university graduates and encourage them to teach in disadvantaged communities.

Eastman Poletti Sherwood Architects has secured the works to design $2 million worth of upgrades for TAFE's Geraldton campus.

Students and displaced workers can now access free short courses on horticulture, as part of the state government's $229 million TAFE investment.