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Former Yipirinya School Principal avoids prison after conviction for assaulting Indigenous students
The former principal of an Indigenous school who put students in choke holds and...
Dechlan Brennan 11 Dec 2025
Former principal of Indigenous school found guilty of assaulting students launches appeal
The disgraced former headmaster of an Indigenous school who placed students into...
Dechlan Brennan 8 Dec 2025
Chansey Paech tables unreleased report alleging mismanagement at Yipirinya School, slams disgraced former principal
Northern Territory MP Chansey Paech has tabled a previously unreleased report in...
Dechlan Brennan 27 Nov 2025
Yipirinya School dismisses principal
Independent Mparntwe/Alice Springs community school Yipirinya School has dismiss...
Giovanni Torre 26 Nov 2025
Aboriginal school breaks silence after former principal found guilty of assaulting students
An Aboriginal school in Mparntwe/Alice Springs has spoken publicly for the first...
Dechlan Brennan 23 Oct 2025
Principal guilty of assaulting Indigenous students

A headmaster who put Indigenous school students into choke holds and painfully twisted their ears has been found guilty of four counts of aggravated assault.

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Lloyd Jones Oct 16, 2025
New leadership at Yipirinya School

Alice Springs' Yipirinya School has announced the appointment of Shane Cumming as the school's interim principal, effective immediately. A proud Aboriginal educator with strong cultural and community...

Callan Morse Callan Morse May 21, 2025
Economic independence is the key to self-determinaton

Money doesn't buy happiness. Whoever said that was probably right, but I suggest that economic independence just might. It's my conviction that economic independence which enables one to rise above th...

Yipirinya School responds after Principal Gavin Morris is charged with allegedly assaulting children

Yipirinya, the largest Indigenous school in Central Australia, has responded after Principal Gavin Morris was charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault against children.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 9, 2024
Principal of Central Australian Indigenous school arrested for alleged physical assault on children

The outspoken principal of an independent school in Mparntwe/Alice Springs has been arrested by Northern Territory Police following allegations of assaulting multiple children, some as young as eight...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 8, 2024
Yipirinya School welcomes Central Australian boarding school assessment, urges action on “impending crisis”

Alice Springs' Yipirinya School has supported the joint federal and Northern Territory Governments' direction for an assessment of boarding school options and capacity for First Nations students in Ce...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Oct 18, 2023
Jacinta Price "agrees" with Gary Johns that Indigenous children need to learn English

Country Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has fallen short of condemning comments made by Gary Johns in which he claimed some Aboriginal communities were living in "stupor" and recommended they...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 5, 2023
Preschool program to recommence at Yipirinya School

After seven years of closure, Alice Springs' Yipirinya School has announced its preschool program is set to recommence this month. The preschool will keep language and culture connected by offering fu...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Jun 5, 2023
Champions League Basketball launches new facility at Alice Springs’ Yipirinya School 

Yipirinya School is home to Alice Springs' newest 3X3 basketball facility, with Champions League Basketball unveiling the town's first FIBA3X3 spec basketball court.

Callan Morse Callan Morse Apr 13, 2023
Future looks bright for Yipirinya School under strong local leadership

A vital step in the future success of the students of Yipirinya School was taken last week with the handing back of control of the school to Aboriginal leaders.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 20, 2023
Northern Territory principal urges Federal Govt to honour funding commitment for on-site accomodation

The principle of a remote Territory community school has urged the Federal Government to honour a funding commitment made by the former government ahead of next week's budget.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Oct 17, 2022
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