The Latest Breaking News from Brock Burston

Halls Creek truancy crisis whistleblower Brock Burston prepares to fight Education Department punishment

The long-running saga involving education worker Brock Burston will now go before WA's industrial umpire, in a case which continues to highlight desperately low school attendance rates in the Kimberley town of Halls Creek.

ABC News · Feb 22, 2023

Halls Creek truancy crisis whistleblower Brock Burston awaits education department penalty

The education department is considering disciplinary action against a staff member who blew the whistle on a growing truancy crisis involving some of the state's most vulnerable students.

ABC News · Sep 5, 2022

Opposition accuses government of intimidating Kimberley education worker who leaked attendance data

Brock Burston's criminal trial highlighted dire school attendance rates at Halls Creek District High School and WA's Opposition says he should not be punished for his actions.

ABC News · Mar 17, 2022