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Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man who was found injured on a street in Melbourne. — 1:16

Detectives probe death of man on Melbourne street

A woman has drowned in Coffs Harbour.

Tragedy

Woman dead in Coffs Harbour as drowning toll rises

by Jessica McSweeney

A probe has been launched into safety in the wake of two children drowning in Perth. — 1:25

Probe after two children drown in Perth

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Opinion

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Healthcare

I was about to get married. Then a distraught source rang with bad news.

Special series

Behind the Headlines

I was about to get married. Then my phone exploded with calls from one person

He called four times in four minutes. It must be important, I thought – but I’d sworn to myself I wouldn’t answer my phone. Not today, of all days.

by Nick McKenzie

A letter signed by 120 researchers warns about the dangers of desexed language in the medical field.

Gender

Don’t desex the language: Doctors warn of danger over gender-inclusive terms

Medical language is being “desexed” to accommodate transgender and gender diverse people – but doctors say it can confuse health data and lead to serious clinical errors.

by Michael Bachelard

Courtney Wheeler and Andreas Petinis, with baby Frankie, one of the last to be born at the Royal Women’s Hospital in 2023.

New Year

Baby Frankie brings joy early as his parents wish for peace in the new year

by Wendy Tuohy

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne emergency department nurse unit manager Sue Cowling and the deputy director of emergency medicine Dr Brendan Morrison.

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Hospitals

Why Victorians are more likely to land in emergency this week

by Aisha Dow

Tram Nguyen, the co-head of the Royal Children’s Hospital gender clinic, in 2018.

Gender

Easy as visiting the GP: Doctors push for accessible hormone treatment as children’s waitlist swells

by Michael Bachelard

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Education

Kita Martin-Cu attended school while in the foster care system

Education

The children with a one-in-four chance of finishing school

by Kieran Rooney

Kindergarten class sizes in public schools have been decreasing over the past three decades.

Education

From Mt Druitt to Vaucluse, teacher-to-student ratios ranked from best to worst

by Christopher Harris

Leaders of WA universities have said the way forward was not to make higher education free, but to adjust the system to make it more equitable.

University

WA’s most sought-after uni degrees for 2024

by Holly Thompson

Alternative pathways to university are important, but they need to be done right.

University

Five WA university courses you probably haven’t heard of

by Holly Thompson

The school funding debate doesn’t need to be so divisive.

Opinion

School funding

Pitting us against each other is no way to improve our crumbling school system

by Adam Voigt

“We’re one of the lowest-paid professions … I would be so offended if my staff could not receive Christmas gifts as a way of parents acknowledging our work,” said Tina Papa, director at Shirley Robertson Children’s Centre in Coburg.

City life

Union lashes Yarra Council’s ‘extreme’ ban on childcare gifts

by Melissa Cunningham

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Victoria

History buff Elio Sarpi outside the childhood home of Hollywood mogul Al Daff, which is on Sarpi’s Instagram page.

City life

The fruiterer’s son who became a Hollywood mogul, and other hidden Melbourne histories

by Carolyn Webb

Courts

‘This will be unsettling’: Victorian court hack may expose sensitive witness testimony

by Cameron Houston, David Swan and Lachlan Abbott

City life

The Matilda, the developer and the golf course ‘green wedge’ bid

by Najma Sambul

Queensland

A car is overwhelmed by water while trying to cross a submerged road at the Gold Coast.

Updated

Extreme weather

Flood fear for Brisbane with army on way to help stricken south-east

by Matt Dennien

Updated

Crime

Police tight-lipped on ‘suspicious’ death after body found

by Cloe Read

Aviation

Cocaine in dead Sea World pilot’s body ‘unlikely’ to have affected flying

by Cloe Read

Western Australia

The companies that boomed and bombed in WA in 2023

Business investment

The WA companies that boomed and bombed in 2023

by Peter Milne

WA residential property

Pain and gain as Perth home values surge $212,000 since the pandemic

by Sarah Brookes

Bushfires

Indian Ocean Drive reopened after bushfire threatened small town of Leeman

by Rebecca Peppiatt

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