西澳大利亚州公立学校的锁定事件大幅激增。[1]2025年报告了1,327起锁定事件，较2017年的578起增长一倍以上。[1]其中1,103起锁定由暴力威胁引发，相比2017年的484起有显著上升。[1]
州政府将锁定事件增加部分归因于学校采取了更严格的预防措施和改进的应急培训。[1]策划与土地部长约翰·凯里指出，锁定可能因多种原因发生，包括医疗危害和其他需要应急服务的事件。[1]教育部长萨宾·温顿表示该部门于2020年推出了《事件管理手册》。[1]同时，州政府赋予校长更大的权力以立即停学或驱逐有暴力风险的学生。[1]影子教育部长利亚姆·斯塔尔塔里表示，这些数据应该引起家长、教师和学校社区的关注。[1]
Public schools across Western Australia experienced a dramatic surge in lockdown incidents, with 1,327 lockdowns reported in 2025 compared to 578 in 2017—more than doubling over the eight-year period [1]. Violence threats drove the majority of these incidents, accounting for 1,103 of the 2025 lockdowns, up from 484 in 2017 [1].
State officials attributed the increase partly to stricter preventive measures and improved emergency training adopted by schools, alongside expanded authority granted to principals to immediately suspend or expel students deemed at risk of violence [1]. Planning and Lands Minister John Carey noted that lockdowns can occur for multiple reasons beyond violence, including medical emergencies and other incidents requiring emergency services [1]. Education Minister Sabine Winton highlighted that the department introduced an Incident Management Manual in 2020 to guide schools' response protocols [1].
Shadow Education Minister Liam Staltari urged that these figures warrant attention from parents, teachers, and school communities [1].