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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher look towards the cameras at the start of a meeting of the Historic Memorials Committee.

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Two 15-year-old girls have been arrested and a number of males have fled the scene of a crash after an allegedly stolen car crashed into another vehicle, killing a man in Burwood, Melbourne. — 1:42

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A Deloitte Access Economics report has listed Brisbane’s strengths. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says housing is not one of them.

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Cutting the ribbon on your career.

Authorities are seizing more cocaine than ever – yet Australia’s appetite for the drug continues apace.

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Cocaine sold in Melbourne contains opioid 100 times more potent than heroin

Victoria’s Health Department has warned that a white powder sold as cocaine contains a potentially lethal opioid that has caused “recent serious harms in Melbourne”.

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The number of assaults in NSW hospitals has doubled over the past decade.

Hospitals in crisis

Coming to a hospital near you: People to be filmed in bodycam trial

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The surgeon was suspended for three months in 2022.

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Surgeon suspended for using patient ‘as a prop’ now operating under a new name

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Catherine Bradshaw with husband Jarrod Gorman and daughter Kirsten.

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The common but little-known virus causing disability in hundreds of babies

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Schools have been warned off using AI in reports and teaching in Victoria.

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Schools warned off AI-generated student reports and newsletters

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NSW Education Department secretary Murat Dizdar at Cabramatta High School.

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Top-band HSC, NAPLAN targets for schools have been scrapped. Now, principals will set new ones

by Lucy Carroll

Paul Hogan died on Friday after falling through a skylight at a school.

Education

Melbourne teacher falls to death from school roof

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Chelsea Primary has had success with a phonics-based reading system, which they have used since 2019. — 3:25

Education

2021: Learning to read using phonics

Students (L-R) Adam, 7, Clara,7, Akein, 7, and Hasti, 7.

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The NAPLAN-topping school that says phonics helped get it there

by Caroline Schelle

The University of Sydney’s VC is again among the highest-paid in Australia, though down from a high of $1.6 million for predecessor Michael Spence.

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The uni rich list: Vice chancellors on $1 million salaries revealed

by Daniella White and Sherryn Groch

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The final stretch of the $2.6 billion gateway motorway will link Sydney Airport to the WestConnex toll network.

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When the motorway link from Sydney Airport to WestConnex will open

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Top-band HSC, NAPLAN targets for schools have been scrapped. Now, principals will set new ones

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Queensland

A Deloitte Access Economics report has listed Brisbane’s strengths. Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner says housing is not one of them.

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Brisbane News Live: Queen’s Wharf’s great cost; Lone Pine sanctuary bans koala cuddles

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The teenagers were arrested by police and charged after the incident.

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Alleged Karrinyup knife attacker re-offended hours after bail: police

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World’s best bar staff to take over Perth venues for Cocktail Weekend

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The Gorgon deal that could up the stakes on WA’s looming gas shortage

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