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WA school leaving age increases to 17 in 2008
Young people turning 17 years of age in 2008 will have to take part in either education, training or approved employment under the Western Australian Government's landmark leaving-age legislation. The new laws, which came into effect on 1 January 2008, marked one of the most important changes to the State's education system in the past 40 years. All 17 year-olds will be required by law to be at school, studying fulltime at TAFE in a traineeship, an apprenticeship or employed in a job with genuine career prospects from the beginning of the 2008 school year. Government of Western Australia, 2 January 2008.