School Drop Off Times

Just moved to the greater Melbourne area from North Qld. School has started now and both the primary and high school are insisting that children are not at school before 08:30 am. I just find this ridiculous for high school. In primary school there is before school care, so I can manage, but I need to drop off my high schooler at 0800. This was never a problem in Qld. Just wondering what time people drop their kids off and how on earth they make it to work.