Need laptop for gaming/school under 1500

1. What is your budget?
1500 and under

2. What size laptop do you want?
14" - 15"

3. What screen resolution do you want?
1080p minimum and 1440p maximum

4. Portable or Desktop replacement?
I need it to be portable enough for me to take to school but also run games very smoothly

5. What battery life do you need?
4-5 hours of working/non gaming and at least 2 hours of gaming.

6. Do you want to play games on your laptop? If so what games and what settings? (Low, Medium, High)
I want to play games like: Gmod, CSGO, assassins creed syndicate and other new games at medium to high settings.

7. What other tasks do you want to do on your laptop? (Photo/Video Editing ect...)
I will be doing some video and photo editing as well as browsing the web and watching lots of videos as well as general school work.

8. How much storage do you need?
At least a 500gb ssd or maybe a bigger hybrid. (Preferably SSD running OS)

9. Are you considering any specific sites?
Any that post to Australia.

10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
Minimum 3 years preferably 4.

11. What kind of optical drive do you need?
Don't need one but having one would be nice.

12. Any brands you prefer?
Just not Apple.

13. What country do you live in?
Australia

Extra notes:
I need it to be at least a gtx 960m but 970m is preferable. 4gb of space in GPU
Quad coreIntel procceser MUST.
At least 8gb of ram but would LOVE 16gb 12 good too

Thanks in advance!