Minns must explain how cutting school budgets is in Labor’s DNA

Minns must explain how cutting school budgets is in Labor’s DNA

Reports that NSW public schools will have their budgets slashed by up to $148 million at first glance risks making a mockery of Premier Chris Minns’ election pledge to improve public education.

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Wong’s Palestine call was ‘most reckless foreign policy in decades’:Dutton

Wong’s Palestine call was ‘most reckless foreign policy in decades’:Dutton

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong’s comments on Palestinian statehood have been welcomed by pro-Palestine advocates,but infuriated pro-Israel groups and the opposition.

  • byMatthew Knott andPaul Sakkal
So much litigation,so little clarity:The Lehrmann case is a sordid labyrinth
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So much litigation,so little clarity:The Lehrmann case is a sordid labyrinth

For so many involved,the grimy details of this defamation trial have strayed far from natural justice.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Steak? Out! Botswana Butchery restaurants enter voluntary administration
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Steak? Out! Botswana Butchery restaurants enter voluntary administration

Two years ago,the New Zealand steakhouse made an ambitious play for the Australian steakhouse market. Now the business is experiencing a major shake-out.

  • byScott Bolles
Australian Succession star’s thriller to premiere at Sydney Film Festival

Australian Succession star’s thriller to premiere at Sydney Film Festival

In Vitro,starring Ashley Zukerman,is a sci-fi thriller filmed in rural NSW.

  • byHelen Pitt
Chinese premier to visit Australia as Penny Wong rejects trade ‘quid pro quo’

Chinese premier to visit Australia as Penny Wong rejects trade ‘quid pro quo’

Penny Wong insists the government did not drop restrictions on Chinese-made wind turbines in exchange for the return of Australian wine to China.

  • byMatthew Knott
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Travel allowance rules should change for MPs who own Canberra property:former senator

Travel allowance rules should change for MPs who own Canberra property:former senator

More than one in four parliamentarians own property in the ACT,and a former senator says it doesn’t pass the pub test for them to claim taxpayer funds to stay in places they or their colleagues own.

  • byRachel Clun andOlivia Ireland
NASA’s latest mission – to inspire Aboriginal astronauts

NASA’s latest mission – to inspire Aboriginal astronauts

Indigenous science students have been learning at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and brought their skills and experiences home to Australia.

  • byStephen Brook
Chef Matt Moran reveals plans for two side-by-side steak and sandwich eateries
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Chef Matt Moran reveals plans for two side-by-side steak and sandwich eateries

Compa (Italian slang for friend),a 116-seat Italian steakhouse,will launch next door to&Sando,a bite-sized venue that will squeeze 18 eat-in sanger fans.

  • byScott Bolles
Ten Australian places we love to hate
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Australia

Ten Australian places we love to hate

A friend arrives from overseas,all excited about seeing Australia,and then you ask where they’re planning to visit. And it’s a terrible answer.

  • byBen Groundwater
Politicians are always on show,it goes with the job

Politicians are always on show,it goes with the job

Unless within the privacy of their own homes our politicians are always on public show. It goes with the job.