Kelsey Munro

Children need to learn skills such as "digital empathy" to reduce bullying.

Don't teach your kids coding, teach them how to live online

"Don't teach your kids coding," says New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman. "Well - teach it if you want. But before you teach them coding, teach them digital civics: how to talk to one another on the internet, how to understand fact from fiction on the internet."

Huang Xiangmo (left), a businessman and philanthropist, has donated large amounts to both major political parties.

Huang Xiangmo's pro-China group denies organising Premier Li rent-a-crowd

A Chinese community organisation headed by property developer and political donor Huang Xiangmo has denied offering thousands of free lunches to Chinese Australians to entice them to rally in support Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on his visit to Australia this week, saying the turnout was a "spontaneous voluntary rally".

Felicity Wilson will defend the North Shore seat for NSW Liberals.

Amalgamations? Liberal candidate says she knows voters' true anger

The Liberal North Shore byelection candidate Felicity Wilson is banking on voters being angrier about traffic on Military Road.

Tackling why Indigenous people are jailed in the first place is a step towards reducing incarceration numbers.

Minister calls NSW prison statistics 'a tragedy'

A record one in four prisoners in NSW are Indigenous, worse than it was at the time of the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in custody.

The federal government has also made housing affordability the centrepiece of its upcoming May budget.

'Not a good move': Property industry slams new stamp duty plan

Slugging foreign investors with an even higher levy and land tax would have no impact on housing affordability and may instead choke supply, according to the property industry, despite new figures showing there were more overseas investors than first home buyers entering the market in the July quarter last year.

Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile.

Fred Nile gives renewed push to Zoe's law to criminalise harm to a fetus

The bill would amend the Crimes Act to make it a crime to harm or destroy a child in utero.

Mr Mehajer says he is leaning toward another run for office.

'The wedding that killed the council': Auburn referred to ICAC

The minister for Local Government Gabrielle Upton has referred a report into Auburn Council to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, after a public inquiry ordered by her predecessor was unable to compel witnesses to answer questions.

Victor Dominello announces changes to the NSW CTP Greenslip scheme on Tuesday.

CTP changes a big win for motorists, says government

After a hostile reception to his initial plans for Greenslip reform, Finance Minister Victor Dominello won over critics to secure major reform of the compulsory third-party motor insurance scheme and what he calls a "big win for motorists".

Justen Thomas was helped by the Intellectual Disability Rights Network and its Criminal Justice Support Network. He now ...

Funding fears for group that helped turn Justen's life around

Hundreds of vulnerable people with intellectual disabilities could face prison time as the future of a diversionary support service hangs in the balance with the state government refusing to commit to funding it and other disability advocacy organisations.

How much control does the Chinese government have?

Busting the myths about Chinese investment in Australia

Fears about Chinese investment in Australia naively exaggerate the amount of control the Chinese government has over Chinese corporations, according to an optimistic new report which seeks to "mythbust" public and media views about how Chinese business operates.