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Hundreds call for sacking of Malek Fahd board
Eryk Bagshaw 9:25 AM Hundreds of students and parents have descended on a Sydney school protesting mismanagement by the school's board after a Federal Department of Education investigation found it was operating for profit.
Ice worth $1 billion seized in gel push-up bra inserts, art supplies
Lisa Visentin 1:45 AM More than $1 billion of ice has been seized after law enforcement agencies broke up a major drug syndicate, federal Justice Minister Michael Keenan announced on Monday.
'I just had nowhere to go'
Rachel Browne 1:00 AM Saskia Powell spent her school years living out of a bag: 'I couldn't even wash my school uniform.' And she wasn't alone.
Australia ranked on children's access to justice
Alexandra Back 8:34 PM Australia has performed well on a new global ranking of children's access to justice.
Disabled lost in benefits limbo amid Centrelink pension crack down
Noel Towell 8:20 PM Department denies claimants must wait 12 months, but won't say how long.
Bonds pops one Wondersuit bubble, starts another
Lucy Battersby 6:07 PM Bonds has decided to pop a speculative bubble that was seeing some of its zip-up baby suits re-selling for hundreds of dollars online.
CSIRO climate science cuts demand a co-ordinated response, Antarctic expert says
Peter Hannam 6:07 PM Plans by the CSIRO to unleash deep cuts on climate science programs have created a "policy vacuum" that demands a co-ordinated effort by the Turnbull government to fill, two senior officials say.
Public service vets say small offer not so great
Noel Towell 12:00 AM Australia's bio-security guardians under-valued, says vets group.
Another reason to eat your greens: sugar
Bridie Smith 3:00 AM Kale and other leafy greens have a secret ingredient your gut bacteria will love: sugar.
'Incoherent and unfair': report slams school funding rates
Alexandra Smith 5:15 PM The public funding for some of Sydney's most expensive private schools has increased at twice the rate of many of the state's poorest schools, new analysis of the latest MySchool data reveals.
PM's son a creditor of failed $100m tech firm
John Stensholt 2:36 PM Shareholders are angry that the Prime Minister's son, Alex Turnbull, has emerged as one of only three secured creditors in PlayUp, the failed sports technology company.
Children stuck in 36-degree classrooms
Eryk Bagshaw 2:25 PM Children as young as five are being forced to sit in sweltering classrooms at a Sydney school while some of its former board members are accused of using taxpayer funds to take out six-figure loans.
Abuse survivors want to be in Rome when Pell speaks
Melissa Cunningham 12:16 PM Clerical abuse survivors are pushing to fly to Rome to be present when too-ill-to-travel Cardinal gives videolink evidence to Royal Commission.
Inquiry to decide on release of secret Cunneen tapes
Sean Nicholls A decision on whether explosive phone taps involving crown prosecutor Margaret Cunneen are made public could be taken as early as Monday amid calls by Labor MPs on a parliamentary committee to move for their release.
Public servant injured psychologically by performance appraisal
Noel Towell Customs official says she "feared reprisals" if she didn't click the "agree" button.
Whooping cough cases more than double in Canberra
Natasha Boddy The ACT struggled through a dramatic rise in whooping cough last year, as figures reveal cases more than doubled in 2015.
WHO told to sanction outbreak dissenters
Ross Peake An Australian infectious diseases expert is calling on the World Health Organisation not to remain "a toothless tiger".
The fix: public servants vote for one pay rise, get another
Noel Towell They said 1.5 per cent a year was all public servants would get. But that wasn't quite true.
50 years ago today, Australia went decimal
Staff reporter Australia changed to decimal currency with hardly a hitch. The smoothness of the change, the efficiency of business people and the good humour of the public delighted Decimal Currency Board officials.
Men more likely to avoid chlamydia tests than women
Hannah Francis One in five Australians ignores a GP's request for a chlamydia test - and men are the worst offenders.
Christmas and Easter oysters shucked from the menu
Deborah Gough Easter and Christmas celebrations will feel the knife with confirmed reports of a virus that has locked down the Tasmania oyster industry.
How the Shane Warne Foundation fell apart
Chris Vedelago, Cameron Houston Despite the constant denials about the true state of the Shane Warne Foundation, the former cricket champion was fronting a charity with big problems.
Children of Tara Nettleton and terrorist Khaled Sharrouf are starving
Natalie O'Brien Karen Nettleton has revealed she has sent money to her grandchildren in Syria in a desperate bid to keep them alive.
Outrage as Lone Pine ceremony at Gallipoli axed
Julie Power The federal government's decision to axe Anzac Day ceremonies at Lone Pine in Gallipolli has been described as "sacrilege" to veterans, which would outrage all Australians.
Malcolm Turnbull's Cabinet reshuffle: who is up and who is down
James Massola Some surprise faces make their way into ministry positions.
Health star ratings don't match canteen treat rules
Cosima Marriner Treats could be back on the menu if the health star food rating system was introduced in school canteens.
Food brands 'game' health star rating scheme
Cosima Marriner Is that tin of Milo rated 4.5 stars for nutrition? Or just 1.5 stars?
Support for hospital's stand against baby's return to Nauru
Lisa Yallamas Hospital staff served late night snacks to the handful of people keeping vigil in support of the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital decision to refuse the return of an injured, asylum-seeker toddler to off-shore detention in Nauru.
PR war over fires in Tasmania's world heritage area takes to the air
Adam Morton Not for the first time, a war is being fought over Tasmania's world heritage wilderness. As fire burns across the state, this time it is being fought from the air.
