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Despite improvements to early education, more children are starting school developmentally behind. What’s going on?

Going to high-quality early childhood education or preschool is one way to ensure children do not fall behind before they even start school.

An ode to my father, Major Chint Singh, whose courage forged an enduring Australian bond

“Our friendship commenced in terrible times of cruelty, murder, privation, and suffering, and yet in all this, your father shone out as one of the bright stars of heaven"

Australians are losing more of their income to tax than in decades, new report shows

There is growing concern that we are increasingly putting too much of the tax burden on people aged in their mid-30s to mid-50s.

Sri Lanka’s free education fuels migration wave, with Australia leading demand

The loss of graduates has fuelled a debate on whether higher education should continue to remain free and without a bonding system to keep graduates at home, at least for a few years after graduation.

Hindi Diwas: A celebration of linguistic soul and shared heritage

As India continues to change, what keeps Hindi alive is not just its official status but the way it quietly threads through everyday life.

‘Fortress stores’ can fight theft – but is it how we want to shop?

In Australia, we’ve only seen some of those measures, including trials of security tags on meat.

The untold story of India’s Madhubani artist Padma Shri Dulari Devi

During the Union Budget session, India's finance minister wore a Madhubani saree gifted by Padma Shri Dulari Devi, showcasing Bihar’s cultural heritage on the national stage.

Australia and the brutal geography of migration’s endless sentence

To be a migrant, then, is to be in a state of perpetual denial and an approved condition of chaos.

For migrants, dementia can mean losing a language – and a whole world

Language loss affects not only how they communicate with doctors and carers, but also how they connect with family, friends and the world around them.

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Pakistani international student assaulted, allegedly racially abused in attack caught on camera outside Melbourne 7-Eleven

Mr Cheema* said the attackers made racist remarks during the assault, including telling him to “go back to your f*** country.”

Record $540,000 fine over alleged ‘modern slavery’ migrant labour racket in NSW

Investigators reported that some migrant workers were living in squalid conditions described as akin to modern slavery.

International student drowns at Sydney beach while testing new diving mask

Fangqi Peng, 30, was at the popular eastern suburbs beach on Sunday afternoon with three friends who were collecting sea snails along the shoreline.
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