Blaming the funding of private schools for the underfunding of state schools is nonsense
Australia has far more private schools than most other countries in the OECD, so it is not surprising we spend more money on them.
Australia has far more private schools than most other countries in the OECD, so it is not surprising we spend more money on them.
When Luke Brooks played his first NRL match, at the SCG in 2013, he thought finals football would duly follow. It did … but he’s had to wait much, much longer than anticipated.
The plan to revamp the Regal and demolish a restaurant for a new apartment block has been called a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the heritage-listed theatre.
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Mat Radelic, 45, denies he committed the offence of assault after he cable-tied three young Indigenous children he found swimming in his backyard pool in March.
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