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Parents dive into surf safety after tragedy strikes school community

With 95% of its students coming from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds—groups overrepresented in Australia’s drowning statistics—the initiative has already started making waves.

Looking for a summer or longer-term job? Here’s how to find one and avoid being exploited

Despite the rise of social media, many summer jobs can be found in local newspapers or newsletters, or your community bulletin boards, especially for smaller companies and in regional areas.

International students feel unwelcome, unheard, and exploited as ‘cash cows’: report reveals

Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman noted that racism remains entrenched across universities, impacting students and staff in both overt and systemic ways.

Tough new laws with increased penalties to tackle knife crime in NSW

Wanding powers can be used in areas where knife crime or possession offences have occurred within the last year.

Will we have a COVID wave, spike or blip this Christmas? It depends where you live

Estimates suggest XEC has risen from 10% to 60% of circulating SARS-CoV-2 in the past two months.

Australia remembers the Lindt Café siege that shocked a nation

The attack, carried out by self-styled Islamic State supporter Man Haron Monis, saw 18 people taken hostage at the café.

Airline employee charged after attempting to smuggle drugs in shampoo bottles

The man appeared at Downing Centre Local Court on 9 December 2024 and was remanded in custody, with a further hearing scheduled for 4 February 2025.

Indian-Australian scientist helps pioneer fly-counting tech to tackle waste crisis

The neuromorphic system, funded by the NSW Smart Sensing Network, enables efficient tracking of black soldier flies to optimise their waste processing capabilities.

New website highlights 2,500 long-term missing Australians

The reasons people go missing vary widely, from family violence and disputes to health issues, misadventure, or being victims of crime.

Sydney hosts world’s top Disaster Victim Identification experts

Representatives from over 15 countries, including 28 policing and medical specialists, joined forces to advance international forensic processes for identifying human remains after disasters

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Fast trains, free TAFE, cheaper bills – PM Albanese promises it all for Victoria

The Prime Minister highlighted achievements in health, including the opening of 28 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, the nation’s largest lift in bulk-billing rates in 20 years, and major investments in women’s health.

Trump claims he single-handedly saved 35 million lives in India-Pakistan war

Speaking during his over 100-minute State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, Trump said Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif told him that around 35 million people would have died if the United States had not stepped in to broker a truce.

Indian court sets aside Australia property ruling, orders $1.04 million repayment to cricketer Shikhar Dhawan

The defendant has been directed to return AUD $812,397.50 received as an interim settlement from the sale of a property in Berwick, Victoria, along with AUD $82,000 retained from the sale of another property in Clyde North, Victoria.
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