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The University of NSW's Gonski Institute is preparing to investigate some of the trickiest questions in education.
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Top cop bails after hateful revelation
Victoria Police's head of Professional Standards Command has resigned over racist and obscene online comments.
'Super union' looms
The Fair Work Commission has approved the creation of a new “super union”.
Negative gearing study outlines changes
Cutting negative gearing deductions for the highest-earners could save the Australian Government more than $1.7 billion each year, research shows.
Vic. releases fire deal
The Victorian Government has come up with a new workplace deal for the Metropolitan Fire Brigade.
Councillor conserves Jesus graffiti
An NT councillor has trademarked graffiti that reads “Jesus loves nachos”.
Plibersek proposes female boost
Tanya Plibersek has called for the GST to be removed from tampons.
Advocates slam Doyle stories
ALGWA has made formal complaints about a series of articles on Robert Doyle’s sexual harassment case.
LG reforms pushed in SA
South Australian local government advocates have laid out plans for sector-wide reforms.
Brisbane staff get pay rise
Brisbane City Council has awarded employees a pay increase in defiance of unions.
Gold Coast corruption claims probed
Queensland’s corruption watchdog has launched an investigation of the Gold Coast City Council.
Coober Pedy questions drill plan
The Coober Pedy council is concerned a plan to drill for oil and gas could put its drinking water supplies at risk.
Carp plan criticised
Researchers say giving carp herpes may not be that effective.
Australia leads land-clearing
Australia has been described as a global land-clearing hotspot.
Blair repairs water record
The NSW Government has been forced to correct the parliamentary record on prosecutions by WaterNSW.
QLD denied disability exemption
The Human Rights Commission has refused to exempt the Queensland Government’s new $4.4 billion trains from disability laws.
Help coming for rural carers
The NDIA will spend about $420 million implementing the recommendations of an independent review of NDIS pricing.
Snowy buy-out announced
The Federal Government is planning to buy out New South Wales and Victoria’s shares in Snowy Hydro for $6 billion.
NSW cuts red tape for pot scripts
New South Wales is providing the most direct access to medicinal cannabis.
Report shows hack response lag
A new report has revealed it took one NSW government department 49 days to shut down an email hack.
Pollution savings could pay for Paris
Experts say the health benefits could outweigh the costs of implementing the Paris Climate Agreement.