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

The visit highlights 200 years of cultural and personal connections between Australia and Tonga and will celebrate defence ties, health innovation, and shared faith traditions.

“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"

They were ambushed on separate streets as part of what police call a violent, machete-wielding assault.

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.

Pacific nations, meanwhile, are increasingly cautious about entering into deals that seem rushed or insufficiently transparent.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement the goal is both “ambitious but achievable”, designed to drive investment, respond to the science and prepare Australia for the global clean energy transition.

The win, India’s first home ODI triumph over Australia in 18 years and 206 days, levelled the three-match series 1-1

Many Australians — including well-established migrants — privately felt immigration levels were too high.

25-year-old Nepali international student Shiva Khatri, who worked as a cleaner, was found unresponsive inside Sydney’s Haveli Indian Restaurant after a suspected carbon monoxide leak.