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A principal in Melbourne's west has been stood down after video footage emerged of him dragging a student along the ground.

Police probe after vision emerges of principal 'dragging pupil along ground'

Police are investigating after video footage emerged that appeared to show a principal in Melbourne's west dragging a primary school-aged pupil along the ground.

  • by Simone Fox Koob & Melissa Cunningham

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Treasurer Paul Keating opens the Medicare office in Bankstown in 1984.

From the Archives, 1984: Medicare is introduced in Australia

35 years ago the Hawke Government introduced Medicare. We remember the achievement, as well as the conflict and the confusion, with this article from the archives.

  • by Staff Writers
Victorian children with ADHD are being under-diagnosed and under-treated.
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Undiagnosed and unmedicated: Children being left untreated for ADHD

After the release of a study that shows kids in Melbourne are being under-diagnosed with ADHD and under-treated, one mother wants parents to know medication and the care a diagnosis brought changed her family's life. 

  • by Anthony Colangelo
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