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The teachers’ union has raised the spectre of strike action for the first time in a decade in pursuit of a pay demand of up to 14 per cent for 52,000 Victorian government school educators.

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26 h. ago Bombers hold on in Good Friday thriller but star big man is facing a long injury lay

Brad Scott has all but confirmed the worst fears of Essendon fans – that Sam Draper has injured his Achilles.

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33 h. ago This man paid $50,000 to bring Gout Gout to Stawell, and would have doubled it

Sandy McGregor has owned Melbourne Cup and Grand National winners. He says Gout’s profile makes him the Black Caviar of athletics.

Politics

65 h. ago Meghan Markle clarifies most important 'title' in latest podcast episode

Meghan Markle has clarified her most important 'title' in the latest episode of her podcast Confessions of a Female Founder with guest Reshma Saujani.

Politics

3 d. ago How ‘Australia’s worst school’ transformed after public low point

Two determined principals dramatically turned around the culture of a school where student and educators’ physical and mental health, plus academic records, had been plummeting.

Politics

3 d. ago Teachers bitten, pushed down stairs: How ‘Australia’s worst school’ transformed after public low point

Two determined principals dramatically turned around the culture of a school where student and educators’ physical and mental health, plus academic records, had been plummeting.

Society

3 d. ago Princess Isabella stuns in black ball gown as she arrives at her 18th birthday celebration

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Politics

4 d. ago Goodbye, pet: TV’s iconic detective gets the ending she deserves

The final episode of a beloved show can produce mixed emotions, but this two-part Vera special is a fitting tribute to a beloved character.

Politics

5 d. ago Illicit tobacco ‘cartel’ created by exiled kingpin to monopolise black market

An agreement has been reached to allow once-warring illegal tobacco syndicates to unite under the control of Kaz Hamad.

Events

5 d. ago This election is one of the worst I’ve seen. Here’s the one thing we can do to fix Australian politics

I think both sides of politics are treating us like mugs. Maybe like the mugs many of us have allowed ourselves to become.

Politics

7 d. ago Why the worst day of the week is the best day to work from home

Amid the furore over the future of flexible work arrangements, people are missing the most crucial question: what is the best day to work from home?

Politics

7 d. ago ‘If you need cancer to tell you how to live, there’s something wrong with you’

Irish writer Colm Tóibín on surviving cancer and US politics, overcoming a childhood stammer – and the indecency of looking too much in the mirror.

Politics

7 d. ago From bestiality to AI Miley Cyrus: The best, worst and weirdest episodes of Black Mirror

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Politics

8 d. ago Ange says the ‘football gods’ won’t save him, but he still has a pulse at Spurs

Angeball is not dead. Not yet. Worst-case scenario, this project has exactly one week to live, assuming we believe the talk that Ange Postecoglou’s future at Tottenham Hotspur depends entirely upon winning the Europa League. 

Politics

8 d. ago I saw two tiny feet – perfect, but far too small. Then I had to tell the mother

A pregnant midwife on night shift confronts her own worst fears during an emergency delivery of an extremely premature baby.

Politics

8 d. ago ‘When someone says something nice to me, I just burst into tears’: Inside the mind of Lidia Thorpe

The independent MP knows she’s both loved and loathed, including within her own community – but wants to make it clear she’s more than “an angry black woman”.

Politics

1 week ago Trump mocks world leaders, claims they are ‘kissing my ass’ to make a deal on tariffs

Trump was speaking at a Republican Party black tie dinner after his own trade representative was grilled at a Senate hearing about why the US whacked tariffs on Australian goods.

Politics

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Are you trauma-bonded to this show after eight years of horror? Let’s see it through to the end.

Politics

1 week ago Meghan shares sweet details about daughter Lilibet in new podcast episode

The Duchess of Sussex opens up about life as a working mum during a chat with Whitney Wolfe Herd on her podcast.

Politics

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It’s likely this trade war is just the first episode in what will be a four-year-long saga. A New Hope can’t come soon enough.

Politics