61 m. ago Cassius Turvey identified his attackers in the days before he died, mum says

Jack Bearley, 24, and Brodie Palmer, 29, have been found guilty of the murder of Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey at the end of a three-month trial.

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2 h. ago Head of NSW schools agency told staff to ‘change’ demographic data, inquiry told

Jannatun Haque, a senior data expert, refused to inflate population projections which she told the ICAC was “well understood” to be aimed at acquiring more funding.

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4 h. ago ‘The place you want to be’: How a Melbourne teenager went from watching YouTube to a New York stage

For budding jazz musicians around the world, this program is the north star. Now a group of Australian classmates are joining in, showing the world what their school band can do.

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7 h. ago WA news LIVE: Two guilty of murdering schoolboy Cassius Turvey

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11 h. ago ‘It’s an honour’: Inside The Pitt with Australian actor Shabana Azeez

This Adelaide actor didn’t get into drama school. Now she’s on one of TV’s best shows, shadowing ER legend Noah Wyle. Here’s a look behind the scenes.

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11 h. ago ‘Experts at reading graffiti in toilets’: Renewed rage over ABC election panel

Noses are well and truly out of joint after we revealed an ABC guest thought its coverage was “unwatchable drivel”.

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20 h. ago Positive role models take on tough topics in new app for young men

Brisbane schoolboys were asked to submit questions they wanted answered. The result: a new app that gives them advice on relationships, respect, sex and consent.

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21 h. ago ‘They are not mucking around, these parents’: Scale of selective test chaos emerges

The integrity of the high-stakes selective schools test has been questioned, and parents are still waiting for answers.

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21 h. ago Melbourne Uni staffer sacked for racism, 17 students reprimanded over protests

The University of Melbourne’s inaugural annual report into racism found of 33 complaints made against staff, only two were investigated.

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23 h. ago The ‘parallel’ NSW schools agency where 26 people earned $500,000 a year

Education secretary Murat Dizdar told the ICAC a former colleague had a “sharp” and “direct” manner that left some colleagues “bruised”.

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24 h. ago ‘Finish the job’: Gunman shot ‘Afghan Ali’ as he lay critically wounded in South Yarra street

Narre Warren man Adris Kheyali, 23, was refused bail as prosecutors reveal they intend to rely on an unnamed witness and phone data to link him to Mohammed Keshtiar’s murder.

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24 h. ago Dragons’ 123kg giant couldn’t make his school team. Now he’s set for his NRL debut

Loko Pasifiki Tonga was once overlooked for selection for his high school footy team. Now the teenage giant has the league world at his feet.

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25 h. ago ‘Fearful of sneezing’: How this Australian star came back from spinal fusion and a broken leg

The champion basketballer was in so much pain from spinal fractures that she did not realise she was also playing with a broken leg.

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26 h. ago Fake Niki Savva account hastily rebadges itself after CBD reveals identity theft

The political journalist had trouble convincing Elon Musk’s Twitter that she didn’t even have a social media account.

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29 h. ago House fire that killed young boy ‘suspicious’ as six remain in hospital

A 36-year-old woman is under police guard in hospital after Wednesday’s blaze in Toowoomba.

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31 h. ago Meghan shares the ancient medical treatment she turned to during pregnancy

As the Duchess of Sussex posted a birthday image of son Archie overnight, she reveals she sought advice from an alternative medicine practitioner when she was pregnant.

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31 h. ago Brisbane news live: Child feared dead in house fire; Homeless to be moved on for Paniyiri; Chandler

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32 h. ago Brisbane news live: Child feared dead in house fire | Qld police ‘failed to get Bondi Junction killer help’ before stabbing spree

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35 h. ago James Hird reveals his advice for Oscar Allen who looks set to depart

Is the situation surrounding the free agent an example of why the game should consider a mid-season trade period?

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45 h. ago The ‘unfair’ HSC system distorting the subjects students choose

One of the state’s school sectors is urging reform of the HSC, saying students are being nudged towards easier subjects.

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