Results are now being reported against four new proficiency standards: “exceeding”, “strong”, “developing” and “needs additional support”

The history of science on this continent is extraordinary, yet we often fail to recognise the sophisticated knowledges held by our First Nations peoples.

That doesn’t mean the ASX does – or has done – anything wrong. But this has been a known potential conflict of interest since the 1990s.

By mid-2024, there were already more cases in the country than all of 2023 – more than 15,600 cases and 537 deaths.

The most interesting development from this year’s FEMM, though, was the endorsement by the new Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa of the ambition to free up the movement of people within the region.

In 2024 about one in three school students were into the bottom two proficiency bands, with the remaining two thirds were in the top two.

Excavation uncovered several layers of human occupation associated with stone artefacts, animal bones, shells and charcoal – all physical remains discarded by ancient humans living at the cave.

Released last month, the 2022 survey collected data from over 13,700 households and 1,100 care accommodations and group dwellings between June and the following February.

"I moved to Australia in December 2006 and walked into Defence Force Recruiting in January 2007."

The bill will enable Watt to decide whether it is in the public interest to appoint an administrator into the union’s construction division.