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Girls largely outperformed boy students in writing and literacy, while male students outperformed their female counterparts in maths, according to the newly released National Assessment Program, Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) results. Nationally, the latest set of results were similar and “broadly stable” to what was reported by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) […]

Wage and business survey data showing inflation is cooling was enough to push financial and discretionary stocks to gains on Tuesday, despite healthcare equites weighing down the market. The ASX200 made a third-straight day of gains after last week’s global volatility, closing up 13 points at 7826.8 for a 0.17 per cent gain. Healthcare stocks […]

A more than 150-year-old pub has taken its beer garden plans to the Supreme Court after a proposal was knocked back due to the risk of flooding from climate change. AVC Operations, the proprietor of the Anglers Tavern in Melbourne’s inner west, launched an appeal seeking a judicial review of an earlier tribunal decision to […]

Former Spotlight executive producer Mark Llewellyn has revealed he wanted producer Taylor Auerbach sacked after he admitted to using a Channel 7 credit card to pay $10,000 to two Thai masseuses in a single night, and says the producer sent him messages of praise for his “rare ability to make a corporate cafeteria feel like […]

A nurse charged with the murder of her husband has been granted bail but will be required to see a doctor for mental health treatment as prosecutors flag stark concerns about her condition. Caroll Hopkinson stands accused of the early morning stabbing death of her husband Simon Hopkinson, 60, at the couple’s home in Adelaide’s […]

The trio who gunned down two cops and a neighbour in a religiously-motivated terror attack were trying to recruit people to their “final battle”, believing the “end of times” were imminent and they were at war with police who entered the property. Queensland Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow were murdered a rural property in […]

Queensland has been given the undesirable title of the homelessness capital of Australia, with the Sunshine State at the “epicentre” of the country’s crippling housing crisis, support groups say. A critical shortage of homes coupled with soaring demand has pushed up rental prices sharply, forcing many of the most vulnerable in the community into homelessness. […]

NDIS Minister Bill Shorten says that while he is willing to compromise with state and territory governments on achieving reform to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, he is prepared to “rip the Band-Aid off” and force them into providing “less-intensive” foundational supports. While giving his address at the National Press Club on Tuesday, Mr Shorten […]

An ABC reporter has had to pause in the middle of a broadcast after experiencing a panic attack live on-air. News Breakfast weather presenter Nate Byrne was in the middle reading Queensland’s weather report on Tuesday morning when he very calmly asked to hand back to ABC News Breakfast co-presenters Lisa Millar and Michael Rowland. […]

A cryptocurrency enthusiast who splurged millions of dollars after mistakenly receiving a huge refund has been jailed. Jatinder Singh, 39, was jailed for three years in the Victorian County Court on Tuesday, ending a two-year court case that generated global headlines for the significant error. “For reasons known only to that organisation the overpayment was […]