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Celebrating Melbourne Cup Day 2021

Melbourne Cup Day is back at Flemington this year with up to 10,000 punters allowed back to the track.

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Histopath Drive through COVID-19 Testing Clinic at Banksia Field, Banksia. Bayside LGA. Coronavirus COVID-19. 24th August 2021 Photo Louise Kennerley SMH

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Australia news LIVE: NSW eases more restrictions as state records 173 new local COVID-19 cases, four deaths; Victoria records 989 new cases, nine deaths as Melbourne Cup day kicks off

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by Broede Carmody and Josh Dye

'Freedom' protesters have gathered outside the Melbourne Cup. — 0:09

'Freedom' marchers protest outside Flemington

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Police negotiators are at Gladesville a unit where an officer was slashed on the head.

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Officer slashed to the head as ‘police operation’ under way in Gladesville

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by Daniella White

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NSW brings forward more freedoms for vaccinated, delays easing of restrictions for unvaccinated

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by Mary Ward

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There are concerns adolescents are misusing cough medicines.

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‘Robotripping’: Perth teens creating cough syrup cocktails as they chase a cheap high

A cocktail of over-the-counter cough medicines and fizzy drinks are being used by young people who are lured by its affordability and a belief it is safer than illegal drugs.

by Sarah Brookes

Rapid antigen tests can now be bought at supermarkets and pharmacies.

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COVID-19 rapid antigen tests now selling at supermarkets and pharmacists

Home-based COVID tests are about to hit supermarket and pharmacy shelves. They take just 15-30 minutes to reveal if you have the virus or not.

by Farrah Tomazin

Dr Jeannette Young PSM has been sworn in - by the Chief Justice of Queensland - as the 27th Governor of Queensland.

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Jeannette Young sworn in as Qld Governor as acting CHO promises ‘business as usual’

by Stuart Layt

Increased use of video conferencing during the pandemic has created body image problems for some.

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‘Like the worst kind of bully’: Spike in video calls leads image problems

by Wendy Tuohy

West Australian man Ethan Carter is stuck in New South Wales because of interstate borderse after arriving in Sydney from Los Angeles.

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Returning West Australians stuck over east as quarantine-free international travel opens

by Peter de Kruijff

Environment

Scott Morrison will tell other countries at Glasgow that Australia will do its bit on climate but on its own terms.

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Glasgow summit

Unlike the COVID crisis, Australia is failing to lead on climate

by Hugh Evans

The world has entered the deciding decade stop emitting planet-warming C02.

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Climate policy

The climate clock: What’s the world’s carbon budget, and what’s Australia’s share?

by Sherryn Groch

Synthetic turf will be installed at Gardiner Park in Banksia, despite the opposition of some residents.

Sydney councils

Turf wars erupt over the use of synthetic surfaces in parks

by Andrew Taylor

Simon Holmes à Court: “Every week I speak to someone who has made a major career change or left their career and are focusing on nothing but this climate problem.”

Good Weekend

Simon Holmes à Court: ‘If it works, the payoff will be enormous’

by Brook Turner

Education

School air-con winners and losers raise concerns over fairness

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School air-con winners and losers raise concerns over fairness

by Jordan Baker and Nigel Gladstone

Global Teacher Prize finalist and Brunswick Secondary College teacher Steven Kolber.

Education

Pandemic boosts trust in teachers

by Anna Prytz

What is the best method for teaching science and maths?

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Education

How should we teach science and maths?

by Russell Tytler and Vaughan Prain

P&C president at Lindfield Learning Village Jason Wong with his wife Teresa and daughters Ella (black t-shirt) Bree (white dress) and Lucy (pink dress).

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‘I’ve never seen a better system’: Experts give controversial ‘hippie school’ top marks

by Jordan Baker

Koondrook Primary School teacher Millie Dean, right, says the job is rewarding but increasingly subject to excessive workload.

Education

‘Rewarding’, but four in five teachers consider quitting in pandemic

by Adam Carey

Schools are bracing for staff shortages when mandatory vaccination orders come into force

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Schools brace for teacher shortages when vaccination mandates come into force

by Jordan Baker

New South Wales

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Crime

Officer slashed to the head as ‘police operation’ under way in Gladesville

14 minutes ago
by Daniella White

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Coronavirus pandemic

NSW brings forward more freedoms for vaccinated, delays easing of restrictions for unvaccinated

1 hour ago
by Mary Ward

Vale

Martin Place ‘mayor’ and homelessness activist dies

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by Daniella White

Victoria

People are out and about enjoying the sun in St Kilda on Melbourne Cup day.

Weather

Victoria gets a taste of summer as Melburnians enjoy hottest day in seven months

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by Marta Pascual Juanola

Flashback

From the Archives, 1991: Ringwood to St Kilda, via the rest of the world

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by Andrew Bock

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Coronavirus pandemic

Crowds return to Flemington as Victoria’s daily COVID-19 case tally falls below 1000 mark

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by Marta Pascual Juanola

Western Australia

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Crime

Perth school students plotted to kill teacher before stabbing: police

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by Heather McNeill and Lauren Pilat

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‘Robotripping’: Perth teens creating cough syrup cocktails as they chase a cheap high

by Sarah Brookes

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Horse racing

Perth Racing whistleblower pushed to resign after calling out inappropriate conduct of her boss

by Heather McNeill

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