21 h. ago I loved being a principal, but Australia has grown complacent about the growing violence directed at educators | Andy Mison

School principals are resilient but, in an alarming number of cases, their job harms them. We would not tolerate these conditions in other workplacesI’ve been lucky. I’ve enjoyed a rewarding career in education, including almost 15 years as a principal in the Northern Territory and the ACT. I’ve worked with wonderful teachers and administrative staff, and shared in the successes of hundreds of young people and their families as they grow and graduate high school, going on to further study, employment and life adventures.I’ve also experienced verbal and physical abuse, aggression and violence from students and their carers, directed at me and my colleagues in the course of my work as a school leader. I once regarded these occasional events as part of the job, normal in our frontline occupation. I now think we have grown complacent about the levels of violence toward a predominantly female workforce that we would not tolerate in other workplaces. As the latest data from the Australian...

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48 h. ago ICE says a University of Minnesota student's visa was revoked for drunk driving, not protests

Federal officials say a University of Minnesota student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement because of drunken driving, not student protests

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58 h. ago 'Entitled neighbour parks in my driveway for infuriating reason – they won't stop'

A woman has shared her disgust after learning her neighbour using her driveway almost every day when she is out of the house for work - and now she's searching for ways to stop her

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68 h. ago Tim Walz's daughter sparks backlash after revealing entitled reason she's turning down graduate school offer

Her comments sparked outrage among critics who said she was acting 'performatively' and 'setting feminism back 50 years.'

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4 d. ago Pierce Brosnan's devastating triple tragedy before meeting 'love of his life' wife

Behind the scenes of his sparkling career Pierce Brosnan lost both his first wife and daughter to ovarian cancer, alongside watching his son devolve into drug addiction - but his new wife is his 'North Star'

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6 d. ago Let's put it in language the Signal leakers will understand: what a bunch of pathetic sleazebags | Emma Brockes

The leaking of top-level military secrets was bad enough, but I’m obsessed with Maga’s fratboy lexiconThe Maga-fication of American political discourse, which started, arguably, with Donald Trump mocking a disabled reporter in 2015, peaked this week with news of Pete Hegseth referring to European countries in the leaked Signal chat as “PATHETIC”, and enjoyed a detour last Tuesday when Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota and former running mate of Kamala Harris, appeared at a town hall in Wisconsin and called Elon Musk “a dipshit”. (This is not the first time he has referred to Musk this way. Right before the election last year, Walz told a crowd: “Look, Elon’s on that stage, jumping around, skipping like a dipshit.”)Parking for a moment the perfection of the phrase “skipping like a dipshit” to capture Musk’s very particular style of movement and speech, the range of what can and can’t be said in politics has clearly, radically changed. When you look back on the phrase that caused Hi...

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7 d. ago Struggling single mum says welfare cuts add to 'scumbag stigma' of people on benefits

Single mum and full-time carer Raegan Furness, 37, said she understands the reason why the Government is tightening up on PIP entitlements, but more "empathy" is needed.

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9 d. ago ON THE ROAD travels to Cumbernauld... and finds the graduate pathway is looking brighter for Scotland's next generation

HUGH MACDONALD: Max Johnston is a graduate of the SFA Performance School programme - as is Billy Gilmour, the 23-year-old Napoli midfielder, formerly of Chelsea.

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1 week ago Jesse Watters mocked over his five ‘rules for men’ where leg crossing and milkshakes are banned

The Fox News host was responding to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s claim on Gavin Newsom’s podcast that MAGA focused on his masculinity ‘obsessively’

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2 w. ago Benefits cuts including PIP changes to be revealed today despite backlash

There have been reports that the changes could slash some £5bn of welfare payments including disability benefits

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2 w. ago There can be no ‘Israel exception’ for free speech | Kenneth Roth

Trump should reverse his misguided effort to deport Mahmoud KhalilThe Trump administration’s threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil seems to reflect a dangerous disregard for freedom of expression – a blatant example of official censorship to curb criticism of Israel.Khalil was a recent graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He holds a green card, giving him permanent residence status, and is married to a US citizen. They are expecting their first child soon. Immigration agents arrested him last week in his university housing and sent him for detention from New York City to Louisiana. He had been a leader of protests against Israeli war crimes in Gaza. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil’s treatment should not happen in a democracy | Moustafa Bayoumi

The Columbia University graduate’s arrest is an attempt to destroy free thinking while murdering due processForced disappearance, kidnapping, political imprisonment, take your pick. These terms all describe what has happened under the Trump administration’s first arrest for thought crimes, something that should never happen in a democracy.But it has. To Mahmoud Khalil, a recently graduated master’s student from Columbia University’s school of international and public affairs. And for each minute that Khalil is held in detention, every one of us should feel like our own individual rights in this country are being shredded. The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is a barefaced attempt by the Trump administration to destroy free thinking while murdering due process and free speech along the way. This is an ominous development. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tim Walz says he and Harris were too ‘safe’ during 2024 presidential campaign

Former vice-presidential candidate claims pair should have held more in-person events around the USTim Walz has said he and Kamala Harris were too “safe” during their 2024 election campaign, with the former vice-presidential candidate claiming they should have held more in-person events around the US.“We shouldn’t have been playing this thing so safe,” Walz, the governor of Minnesota, said in an interview with Politico, as Democrats seek to learn the lessons of Donald Trump’s win in November, which has sent the party into the political wilderness. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tim Walz is stumped when CNN asks him who leads the Democratic party

Governor who ran alongside Kamala Harris last year predicted his former running mate could one day lead the party

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last month Captain Tom's daughter sparks fury with release of ANOTHER book after using last deal to pocket £1.5m

The disgraced daughter of lockdown hero Captain Tom Moore is set to release a book about coping with the grief of her late father

Economics

last month Tim Walz says he may run for president in 2028 despite failure of 2024 Harris campaign

‘If the circumstances are right, in 2028...I’ll do it,’ the former Democrat VP hopeful said

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last month Everyone is saying the same thing after Tim Walz says he's ready to run for president in 2028

The American people had the same reaction when failed Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz suggested he might run for president in 2028.

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