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Experts say universal numeracy screening could halt Australia’s “catch-up crisis”.

Numeracy in schools doesn’t add up. Here’s how experts would solve the problem

All children would be tested for numeracy knowledge in the first two years of school under a plan to tackle underachievement in maths.

  • by Robyn Grace

Healthcare

Vikasati member Rhiannon uses cold therapy and saunas to treat her autoimmune disease.
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Wellness

Brisbane mum finds cold comfort in city’s bathhouse boom

In search of pain relief, Rhiannon Meredith has taken the plunge at one of the many bathhouses popping up across Brisbane.

  • by Courtney Kruk
A chicken at a free range farm.
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‘Like it’s falling out of the sky’: Bird flu detected on NSW egg farm

A farm north-west of Sydney is under lockdown after bird flu was found in chickens, the first outbreak in the state in more than a decade.

  • by Angus Dalton and Jessica McSweeney
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