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Alleged abusers named as Nudgee Junior College scandal deepens Crime by Kylie Lang Premium Content Subscriber only More 20 old boys of Nudgee Junior College have come forward with fresh allegations of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of at least two Christian Brothers. Former principals Brother Michael Carthage Proctor and Brother John Regan have been identified as the chief alleged abusers of children aged 8 to 12 at the prestigious Indooroopilly boarding school in the 1960s and 1970s respectively. Jed McNamara, special counsel at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers, said he expected more Brothers to be named as the number of calls from witnesses continued to climb following The Courier-Mail reporting allegations against the Catholic school on the weekend. ....
Prestigious boysâ school hit by child abuse allegations Allegations of child abuse have been levelled at a prestigious Catholic boysâ school, with former students urged to come forward. Crime by Kylie Lang Premium Content Subscriber only Allegations of child abuse have been levelled at a prestigious Brisbane Catholic boys school, with lawyers urging former students to come forward. Nudgee Junior College, renamed Ambrose Treacy College in 2015, is at the centre of a legal probe concerning young boys who attended the Indooroopilly institution from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. Principal of Ambrose Treacy College, Chris Ryan, said he was unaware of any specifics around the allegations. ....
Education by Shiloh Payne Premium Content Subscriber only Most Queensland private schools have increased their fees despite parents having been hit by the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an analysis of 106 private schools across Queensland, only about 25 kept their school fees steady after a year of financial stress. The Courier-Mail found that the average increase of fees was 1.92 per cent, down from 3.06 per cent last year.
For the most expensive schools in Brisbane, parents are spending more than $28,000 annually, or about $250,000 for 12 years of schooling. Fees at Brisbane Grammar School increased by 2.4 per cent, with tuition for students from year seven to 12 costing $28,230 annually. ....
DESPERATE parents are going to extraordinary lengths to get their children into private schools, subverting enrolment procedures they say unfairly favour the brightest students. From donating tens of thousands of dollars worth of sporting equipment to lying about their religious faith, nothing is off the table. Family connections and being enrolled since birth are no longer guarantees in a fight for placements that has become obsessive . Meanwhile, huge sums are being spent tutoring children as young as seven ahead of international exams that pit them against peers in Asia and give them an edge on NAPLAN, key determinants of enrolment success. ....