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August 26 Brings Minimum Standards for Gig Workers, Here’s What You Need to Know

Would Uber Eats be liable for a “workplace accident” that injured one of its delivery riders?

How much should you read into your child’s NAPLAN report?

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

Indigenous science can help solve some of the great problems of our time. Here’s how

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

Australia’s corporate watchdog is suing our largest stock exchange. What’s going on?

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.

Free(r) movement at the Forum

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.

Are the latest NAPLAN results really an ‘epic fail’?

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.

The cancellation of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows is the latest incident in a long history of concert terrorism

The main suspect is a 19-year-old Austrian citizen who is believed to have pledged allegiance to Islamic State last month.

Call for PM Albanese to intervene amid rising Islamist violence against Hindus in Bangladesh

More than 51,000 people from Bangladesh call Australia home and Albanese’s lack of response to these valued members of our society is a stark contrast to the urgency and severity of the situation.

Federal government has only ‘noted’ a call to end special schools, What does this mean for students with disability?

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities says signatories need to ensure an “inclusive education system at all levels”.

Australia’s 3.8% inflation rate is concerning, but not enough to trigger a interest rate rise

A rate of 3.8% is what the Reserve Bank had forecast. It is in line with market expectations, and well down on the 6% recorded this time last year.

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