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NSW daycares face whopping $500k fines. Will this ensure safety?

This follows a raft of reports of unsafe practices in the early childhood sector, including a grandparent taking the wrong child home at pickup, and a child running onto a busy road while in care.

Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained

For a long time, scientists believed a simple “brown beats blue” model, controlled by a single gene.

Gen Z movement may transform Nepal’s politics

The politics of neglect, elitism, and nepotism can be challenged — and overturned — in no time.

Is India a ‘Tariff King’?

On U.S. claims that their non-agricultural exports face tariff barriers in India, it is worth noting that American exporters often face equal or lower tariffs in India than in many Asian markets.

How long must you live here before you’re considered Australian?

The politics of division misses what makes Australia genuinely exceptional: our capacity to unite diverse peoples around shared values while maintaining our distinctive national culture and character.

Four victims, no remorse: Erin Patterson given a life sentence for mushroom murders

In sentencing, Justice Beale said he had no hesitation in finding Patterson’s offending falls into the “worst category” of murder and attempted murder.

Flawed label of ‘Asian Grooming Gangs’— and why anti-immigrant protests in the UK, US and Australia are not the same

When blame is blurred, justice is denied, and the innocent are made to pay for the sins they did not commit.

Securing the world while leaving itself exposed

Fiji’s international credibility will not be measured by how long we have soldiers manning outposts in the Sinai desert or the Golan Heights.

How do we get more Year 12s doing maths?

The skills we gain during school mathematics – problem-solving, pattern-finding, reasoning logically, and computational thinking – are essential to the work of many STEM careers.

Why I will always stand with the Indian Australian community

For me, supporting the Australian Indian community is in my DNA – and it is in my DNA because I am a Liberal.

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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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