15 h. ago ‘Children would be crushed’: Police called as selective schools tests descend into chaos

One test was cancelled and police including members of the riot squad were needed to manage massive crowds at selective school exams across Sydney.

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4 d. ago Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Inside the teal campaign headquarters; Police called to Brunswick voting booth

We are now in the final week of the 2025 federal election campaign. Join our senior reporters on the road in key seats in Melbourne.

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4 d. ago Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Police called to Brunswick voting booth; Cost of living in focus in final week of campaigning

We are now in the final week of the 2025 federal election campaign. Join our senior reporters on the road in key seats in Melbourne.

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4 d. ago Victoria’s hot seats LIVE updates: Police called to Brunswick voting booth; Safi a no

We are now in the final week of the 2025 federal election campaign. Join our senior reporters on the road in key seats in Melbourne.

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6 d. ago ‘It’s a bit extreme’: Manha’s gruelling daily routine ahead of the selective schools test

Some 17,559 children will sit the selective school test this week for 4200 places. Ninety per cent of them have been coached.

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6 d. ago Why parents vote with their wallets to get kids into selective school

The state has created a two-tier public education system. But at what cost?

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9 d. ago Multiple deaths feared after gunmen fire on tourists in Kashmir

Multiple deaths are feared after gunmen indiscriminately fired at tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said, with police calling it a “terror attack" and blaming militants fighting against Indian rule.

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2 w. ago ‘Dribbling blood’: Council meeting involving serial pest ends in brawl

Police were called to a Snowy Monaro council meeting after the area’s serial pest – also a councillor and federal election candidate – was caught up in a brawl

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3 w. ago Chicken jockey! Why Minecraft movie sessions are total chaos

Screenings of the video game adaptation are being met with such extreme excitment that warnings are being issued and police have been called.

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3 w. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton commits to further cuts to migration, announces gas policy; PM won’t confirm request for call with Trump

Read the live blog for rolling coverage of the second week of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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3 w. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE: Peter Dutton announces Liberal Party’s gas policy; PM won’t confirm request for call with Trump

Read the live blog for rolling coverage of the second week of the 2025 federal election campaign.

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3 w. ago Homicide probes launched after elderly man found dead on Phillip Island and suspected stabbing in Moe

Police were called to a home in Cowes about 10.20am on Monday where a man’s body was discovered, while another man has died in a suspected stabbing in the Latrobe Valley.

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3 w. ago Homicide probe launched after elderly man found dead on Phillip Island

Police were called to a home in Cowes around 10.20am on Monday where a man’s body was discovered.

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4 w. ago Implementing NSW drug summit recommendations should not be delayed

The 2024 NSW drug summit has called for a shake-up of criminal justice and policing, and an end to the use of strip searches and sniffer detection dogs at music festivals.

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