WA teachers set to be trained to better support children with higher needs

WA teachers will be taught how to better support children with higher needs amid rising rates of disability diagnoses, after a report found public schools needed to do more. The state government... Read more »

Can farmers become less reliant on synthetic fertiliser? Some are trying

A war thousands of kilometres away from Australia’s farms is quietly reshaping what gets planted and what will be available at supermarkets in the future. Fertiliser supply chains are tightening and prices... Read more »

NSW government approves Copi Mineral Sands Project near Victorian border town of Mildura

Provisional approval has been granted for one of the world’s largest critical minerals projects. The Copi Mineral Sands Project is a planned $693 million mineral sands mine around 180 kilometres south-west of... Read more »

Australians with disabilities copped the biggest cuts in the budget. Yet conservative media’s heart bleeds for the wealthy | Greg Jericho

Last Friday while eating breakfast I noticed what I thought was a piece of cereal lodged in my gum. After extricating it with my tongue I immediately realised it was a filling... Read more »

Meet the 15-year-old founder building swimwear brand Saltè

“You don’t need to have everything figured out before you start,” says 15-year-old entrepreneur Ellie Murphy. “If you keep waiting until everything’s perfect, you’ll probably never start at all.” It’s not the... Read more »

‘Don’t have a fine-issuing button’: eSafety chief defends lack of fines for social media companies

The commissioner of Australia’s online watchdog has defended a lack of fines against social media companies after the Albanese government’s under-16s ban, telling a Senate estimates hearing “we don’t have a fine-issuing... Read more »

Trusted accounts worker Melanie Kingi jailed for stealing $823k from charity organisation

Today, she was jailed in the Hamilton District Court on a charge of theft by a person in a special relationship. Kingi, through her counsel Mark Jepson, fought to keep her name... Read more »

Eating from bins, watered down food: Desperate ways Aussies are trying to make ends meet

In Brief More Australians are taking ‘desperate’ measures as they battle food insecurity.Advocates are calling for preventative measures to address the issue. Food emergency charity providers are calling the ongoing cost of... Read more »

Westpac cops $26 million penalty over ‘grossly negligent’ hardship failures

The Federal Court has ordered Westpac Banking Corporation to pay a $26 million civil penalty after leaving vulnerable customers facing financial hardship in the lurch. The ruling comes after the Australian Securities... Read more »

Fuel: Price of filling up tank to rise in July after better than expected inflation figures

Jim Chalmers has warned motorists to brace for impact with petrol prices set to rise by 26 cents a litre from July. Following better than expected inflation figures, the Treasurer delivered his... Read more »