WA - A former lecturer at Curtin University has been found to have offered good marks in return for sex with international students wanting to secure permanent residency. The WA Corruption and Crime Commission has said there are likely to be similar cases where foreign students have been exploited.

NATIONAL - Figures from Australian Education International have shown the number of international students from India commencing study in Australia has dramatically fallen.

ACT - Community Services Minister, Joy Burch, has allegedly breached protocol by giving Canberra high school students ALP showbags.

QLD - A quarterly report has said that school attendance in Indigenous communities in Queensland, including in Aurukun, has improved.

NATIONAL - Agriculture has been made a compulsory subject for students from kindergarten to year eight.