The Latest Breaking News from Halls Creek

WA Education Minister Sue Ellery apologises to Halls Creek residents over botched truancy plans

A report tabled in parliament on the plans found there were "multiple points of failure" in the Education Department's efforts to get students back to school in the remote Kimberley town of Halls Creek.

ABC News · Aug 18, 2022

WA Education Minister declines to answer attendance plan questions amid Halls Creek high school probe

The Department of Education is questioning its own staff in response to an ABC investigation that raised allegations that attendance plans for students were botched.

ABC News · Aug 2, 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