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Maria Luu, Andy Do, Thomas Nguyen and Angela Nguyen from Canley Vale High School, which uses explicit instruction to drive improved results, and has excellent.
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The teaching style that puts students ‘months ahead’

High school students who receive explicit instruction are months ahead in learning compared with peers, a major analysis has found.

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NSW must axe at least 25,000 poker machines, unions say

Unions NSW want the Minns government to dramatically reduce the number of pokies in the state.

The annual general meeting of Unions NSW, representing 600,000 members, has sent a clear message to NSW Labor about pokies.

‘Fiscal long-COVID’: Pandemic super scheme will cost all taxpayers billions

Today’s 20-year-olds would pay nearly $3000 in additional income tax as a result of the 2020 early withdrawal of super scheme.

‘I want to be heard’: Men speak after teacher’s abuse trial collapses
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‘I want to be heard’: Men speak after teacher’s abuse trial collapses

A group of former schoolboys from Sydney’s eastern suburbs have never spoken publicly about their allegations against a female teacher, until now.

Scots College castle still up in the air

Scots College library.

Six years, and several lapsed deadlines and cost blowouts later, the Bellevue Hill monstrosity is still not open.

House values in parts of Australia climb almost 30 per cent in a year

Dwelling values have continued to climb despite high inflation and interest rates.

Parts of the nation’s capitals have recorded large jumps in values.

PM’s housing ‘fix’ helps tiny pool of voters. The rest will notice

Help to Buy will reach just 10,000 home buyers each year. Labor, meanwhile, is losing ground to the Coalition on housing.

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Palestinians wounded in an Israeli strike while waiting for humanitarian aid on the beach in Gaza City are treated in al-Shifa Hospital.

More than 100 killed as troops ‘open fire’ at crowd waiting for food aid, authorities say

Health authorities in Gaza said Israeli fire on people waiting for aid near Gaza City had killed more than 100 and wounded 280. Israel’s military said it had no knowledge of any shelling in the area.

Long COVID may lead to decline in memory, study finds

This undated, colourised electron microscope image shows the Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Cognitive testing of nearly 113,000 people found that those with persistent post-COVID symptoms scored the equivalent of 6 IQ points lower than people who had never been infected.

Putin warns that sending Western troops to Ukraine risks global nuclear conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to fulfil Moscow’s goals in Ukraine and warned the West against deeper involvement in the fighting.

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‘Not a big fan of the US’: Combine candidate eyes fresh start in the NRL

Xavier Miller, an American athlete hoping to secure a contract at the NRL Combine.

Xavier Miller had been looking for a life-changing opportunity to ignite his sporting career abroad when he heard about the NRL combine.

No injuries, no arrests … so far Vegas has been a success

Brisbane’s Pat Carrigan, Manly’s Tom Trbojevic, Souths’ Latrell Mitchell and the Roosters’ James Tedesco at the NRL Las Vegas Launch on Thursday (AEDT).

Less than two months ago, the NRL was at war with the four participating clubs. Now, Vegas is starting to catch Rugby League Fever.

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Why Socceroos will play ‘away’ World Cup qualifier in Canberra

For the first time in almost 40 years, Australia will be the designated ‘away’ team in a match on home soil.

Crossed arms and cold shoulders: What can body language tell us?

Crossed arms and cold shoulders: What can body language tell us?

If tabloid magazines are to be believed, body language can signal anything from true love to an impending divorce. So what should we be looking out for?

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Yumi Stynes: ‘I’m quite keen to find ways to not have my life threatened’

“I’m quite keen to find ways to not
be attacked and not have my life
threatened – to not have people
offer to kill me.”

The author and broadcaster discusses the impact of her Ben Roberts-Smith, Kerri-Anne Kennerley and teen sex-ed book controversies.

Feeling nostalgic? Here are 10 ways to travel like it’s 2010

If you’re feeling nostalgic for the previous decade, then here are some big trends in 2010s travel – and the places where you can relive them.

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‘ASX Wolf’ finfluencer flaunts Rolls-Royce after being declared bankrupt

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Tyson Scholz’s glamorous online life was a key driver of his unlicensed investment advice business – until authorities came calling.

‘Evil choice’: Push for life in jail for ‘Hand of Death’ killer

Kevin Pettiford speaks to police after he was handcuffed on a bus.

Kevin Pettiford is awaiting sentence for the murder of a sleeping man he bludgeoned to death with rocks.

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Alleged CBD gunman ‘nursed grudge against victim’s brother’

Paramedics treat Van Cooney after a shooting on Castlereagh Street in Sydney’s CBD.

The 79-year-old man who allegedly burst into a CBD law firm and shot a property lawyer was allegedly motivated by a grudge against the lawyer’s brother.

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Home alone and happy, thanks very much

Forget lonely-only, cats-and-wine clichés: solo dwellers are on the rise across much of the world – and flourishing.

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Brisbane’s Pat Carrigan, Manly’s Tom Trbojevic, Souths’ Latrell Mitchell and the Roosters’ James Tedesco at the NRL Las Vegas Launch on Thursday (AEDT).
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No injuries, no arrests … so far Las Vegas has been a success

Vegas is starting to catch Rugby League Fever. … now they need Americans to tune in on TV.

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Luke Brooks feels the pressure is off him at Manly.

‘Hard when you’re always losing’: Brooks opens up on Manly move

No one has carried the can for Wests Tigers’ woes quite like Luke Brooks. Which is why he reckons he’s already on a winner after joining Manly.

Graham Arnold’s Socceroos are coming home.

Why Socceroos will play ‘away’ World Cup qualifier in Canberra

For the first time in almost 40 years, Australia will be the designated ‘away’ team in a match on home soil.

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‘I could wear a cowboy hat’: Latrell, DCE, Tedesco and Cook open to finishing careers in US

Some of the NRL’s biggest names have revealed they would consider creating more rugby league history by joining a mooted US professional league.

Cameron Green hit successive fours from the first over with the second new ball to move into the 80s.

Green shoots on show: Cam’s ton makes No.4 Test spot his own

Cameron Green’s delivery of a terrific Test century pulled Australia out of a hole and made the number four spot his own.

Welcome home : Daine Laurie tries to stay hydrated as temperatures soared to 40 degrees out west on Thursday

Scalded cats: How Panthers coped with a 40-degree temperature training turnaround

Less than a week after surviving the English winter, Penrith players were back training in furnace-like conditions in Sydney’s west.

Anthony Kim will end a 12-year absence from professional golf after signing for Greg Norman’s Saudi-backed LIV league.

Norman’s LIV Golf turns former star into multi-millionaire … 12 years after he last played professionally

Once dubbed one of the most talented American golfers to emerge since Tiger Woods, Anthony Kim has been the sport’s long-held mystery after vanishing from the professional game.

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