The Sydney Morning Herald

A student from a socio-economically disadvantaged background is five times more likely to perform badly in numeracy compared with peers from wealthier backgrounds.

Australian families are living off as little as $14 a day, according to a national study by the Salvation Army that describes the findings as "utterly shameful".

They're even more worried about one or two staff being "thrown to wolves" to quell public outrage. Some insist the blame must be shared among everyone involved in the saga.

The refugee locked herself in her family's unit and set it alight, her husband says, in an apparent suicide attempt that underscores the ongoing mental harm caused by the Turnbull government's offshore processing regime.

Guy Ward was checking his data usage online in April when he realised Optus had cut the download speed from 100 Mbps to 30 Mbps.

She was left in tears when a chunk of her long, dark hair was snipped off by a 19-year-old man as the route 339 bus travelled through Moore Park on April 13.

Thirty minutes before he was shot dead by gunman Man Haron Monis, Lindt cafe manager Tori Johnson sent an ominous text to his loved ones.

Waverley Council has endorsed the commission of a memorial, in the form of a public artwork, in Hunter Park following two years of campaigning by the Aids Council of NSW and residents.

The family of Lui Polimeni, 15, have made the heartbreaking decision to switch off his life support after he was injured during a weekend junior match in southern NSW.

The Australian dollar remains overvalued, and could head towards US50¢ as it loses its de facto safe-haven status, according to research from ANZ Banking.

Carolyn Currie, the Mosman-based Liberal Party candidate for the new Illawarra seat of Whitlam, has quit, saying the area probably needs an independent or a Green to represent it.

Barnaby Joyce Member for New England: "I'm inside his head, I'm pulling little strings and pulling little levers. Long after I've forgotten about Mr Depp, he's remembering me."

Kim Edward's outburst on social media cost her 2% of her wages. On July 1 she'll be jobless.

Surfers in Sydney have been given a reason to grin this morning.

It was the rematch set to shake the morning airwaves but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's interview with Alan Jones can be summed up in one word: truce.

Damian Jobson – who only six months ago reignited his passion to play rugby league – has been left a quadriplegic after breaking his neck in several places while going in for a tackle during a match at the weekend.