A top-ranking WA public school plans to use taxpayers’ money to give Year 12 students $500 cash incentives to work harder. Former school Principal and Founder of Real Schools tells us why he thinks it’s a terrible idea and WA Education Department Deputy Director General Steven Baxter tells us the Education Department doesn’t support the idea. Nationals WA leader Mia Davies discusses The National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, which has again shown that regional areas are in desperate need of help with illicit substances plus WA community service organisation Ngala has experienced a surge in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, with calls to their parenting support line up on the previous year. 

<p>A top-ranking WA public school plans to use taxpayers&rsquo; money to give Year 12 students $500 cash incentives to work harder. Former school Principal and Founder of Real Schools tells us why he thinks it&rsquo;s a terrible idea and WA Education Department Deputy Director General Steven Baxter tells us the Education Department doesn&rsquo;t support the idea. Nationals WA leader Mia Davies discusses The National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, which has again shown that regional areas are in desperate need of help with illicit substances plus&nbsp;WA community service organisation Ngala has experienced a surge in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, with calls to their parenting support line up on the previous year.&nbsp;</p>

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