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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.

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.

Who lost India?

Trump’s thuggish demeanour and his unquenchable desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize have ultimately made the United States a subject of global ridicule.

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Australian War Memorial displays incorrect map of India, community raises concerns

Inside the brand-new ANZAC Hall, there is a map of India which leaves out Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and parts of Ladakh.

Liberal double standards? Abbott and Howard backed Pell after conviction, but Dinesh pressured out over reference letter

For critics inside and outside the party, the answer is uncomfortable. They argue the Gourisetty affair is not only about judgment but about power.

National cabinet backs fuel excise on petrol and diesel will be cut in half as prices hammer households

The cut will reduce the excise from 52.6 cents a litre to about 26.3 cents a litre, with the change due to take effect from Wednesday.
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