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Noel Towell

Noel Towell

Noel Towell is Education Editor for The Age

Emergency services at the scene outside Supanova after a car mounted the kerb and killed one pedestrian.

‘He was erratic’: One dead, one fighting for life after car swerves into pedestrians at showgrounds

The comic culture convention will pause for a minute’s silence as detectives continue to investigate if a driver intentionally swerved onto a footpath, killing a young man.

  • Angus Delaney, Bianca Hall and Noel Towell

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Thornbury mother Emily Hehir with her three children: Eden Barber, 7, Jonas Barber, 5, and Leila Barber, 3.

Think the petrol crisis is bad now? A million kids are about to return to school

Demand for petrol and diesel is about to soar as hundreds of thousands of daily school runs resume from Monday.

  • Noel Towell, Jackson Graham, Bridie Smith and Alex Crowe
School teacher Kim Ramchen is accused of stabbing his principal in early December.

Teacher accused of stabbing principal fit to face charges

Kim Ramchen, the former high school teacher accused of seriously assaulting his former boss, indicated he would plead guilty to charges over the alleged attack.

  • Noel Towell
Melbourne motorist David Mathews fills up on Friday before taking a country road trip.

Petrol retailers warned to pass on excise cuts

Motorists are feeling some relief from soaring fuel prices but there could be more pain ahead.

  • Noel Towell and Bridie Smith
Public school teachers who went on strike on March 24 are set on more industrial action in term 2 of the school year.

Teachers union prepares for further industrial action in term 2

Members of the AEU have said “there is an appetite for serious escalation” as negotiations over wages and working conditions continue.

  • Noel Towell
Government school teachers march in Melbourne’s CBD on Tuesday.

Victorian teachers’ strike reflects a crisis decades in the making

When 35,000 educators took to the streets this week to fight for better pay and conditions, it became clear their rage had been building for years.

  • Noel Towell
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Melbourne’s worst-performing VCE school closed over child safety concerns

Families of international secondary students have had to scramble to find new schools after a CBD college’s registration was cancelled.

  • Nicole Precel and Noel Towell
Teachers, principals and support workers throng the streets of Melbourne on Tuesday protesting pay, conditions and schools funding.

Pay gap for classroom assistants emerges as flashpoint in Victorian teacher dispute

Education support workers have been offered a lower pay rise than their teaching colleagues.

  • Noel Towell
Protesters in the Melbourne CBD on Tuesday during the school strike.

Parents warned of more disruption after thousands of striking teachers sweep through CBD

While classrooms across the state sat empty on Tuesday, 35,000 educators took to the streets of Melbourne. But more pain could yet be to come.

  • Noel Towell, Jackson Graham, Caroline Schelle and Chip Le Grand
Amanda Kay, whose son John is a student at Albert Park Primary School, is supportive of the teacher strike.

Day of mass disruption: Victoria braces for ‘costly’ teacher walkout

Uncertainty and confusion looms as tens of thousands of Victorian teachers prepare to strike on Tuesday.

  • Noel Towell, Nicole Precel, Jackson Graham and Chip Le Grand