NSW is way behind states like Victoria when it comes to data and information around student and school performance. Parents and students need transparency to make informed decisions.

Samantha Fraser’s brother-in-law recalled she looked “haunted” around the time that her marriage ended, and that she would be “visibly trembling” when he approached to hug her.

Andrew Landeryou said his wife, Senator Kimberley Kitching, ‘deserved so very much better’ from a group of senior Labor figures.

There are reports Russia has bombed a school in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Australia’s Foreign Minister has labelled Vladimir Putin a war criminal and the Prime Minister insists South Australia’s recent election is not necessarily a sign of ...

Experts have described the death as an incredibly rare and tragic occurrence.

Google has conceded the former NSW deputy premier was defamed in two videos published by the Friendlyjordies YouTube channel in 2020.

Melbourne Magistrates Court has heard fresh details of the alleged murder of a promising West Australian basketballer and the attack on his brother in Docklands.

Fumes from cruise ships docked at White Bay have long been a concern for inner west residents.

Researchers have confirmed a surprising finding about animal bites in tropical north Queensland.

Federal acting education minister Stuart Robert blames teachers for the decline in Australian students’ academic results. Meanwhile, primary school students in this state are denied scientifically proven phonics-based reading education.

The Omicron wave and widespread opening up has meant COVID-19 has faded as an issue. But people are still dying from the disease.

A kayaker found the bodies, floating about five metres from shore, at 3.30pm on Saturday at Gordonbrook Dam, about 170 kilometres north-west of Brisbane.

Mr Hayne will be represented by high-profile barrister Margaret Cunneen, SC, at his retrial on sexual assault allegations, to be held in March 2023.

“He’s trying to kill me,” Hannah Clarke screamed as she tried to escape Rowan Baxter moments before the car exploded, coronial inquest reveals in Brisbane.

Police said a 50-year-old man has been charged with murder.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hosed down suggestions a newly signed Queensland infrastructure deal worth $1.8 billion was completed because of the looming poll.

A 62-year-old man has faced court charged with the alleged murder of Melton ruckman Bernie Williams, 38 years after the father was tied up and gunned down in bushland north-west of Melbourne.

Confronting vision of the 10-minute assault, allegedly sparked by two car doors colliding, was captured by a witness and on nearby CCTV. 

Nine Lismore residents have dumped flood-damaged household items outside the Prime Minister’s Sydney residence.

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.

It’s not since a Speedo-clad Bob Hawke have we seen a political leader so comfortable with engaging in physique politics to engage the nation’s interest.

Court documents show acrimonious words have been exchanged over the guardianship of the teenage son of missing fraudster Melissa Caddick.

The state’s powerful private school sectors say parents are being kept in the dark about HSC results.

The Greens senator claims she was racially profiled and has lodged her complaint on a new register designed to highlight elements of racism that the legal system fails to protect against.

The education landscape has changed in the past 20 years. It’s time for HSC reporting to change too.

We use words like cultural diversity and exclusion, yet rarely call racism for what it is. But in not naming racism, many Australians continue to endure it from organisations and individuals in their daily working lives.

I want to hear words that flow from the rich tapestry of upbringings in this country. Not just on Harmony Day, but every day.

At least three companies approved to import labour under the new Agriculture visa scheme have controversial records on labour rights, a leaked list shows.

After being parachuted into the safe seat of Fowler, Labor’s Kristina Keneally is renting in Liverpool and racing to establish her credibility in the area.

A stand-off between two property owners – each having different parts of the same statue – suggests the former Martin Place icon might never be whole again.

Melburnians are back on public transport in numbers not seen since a pandemic state of emergency was first declared, as experts weigh the risks of catching COVID in a carriage.

South-east Queensland’s long-awaited infrastructure partnership between the Commonwealth, state and local councils is notable as much for what was left out as what was included.

A landmark report calls for Australian companies to confront their ingrained preference for white, Anglo-Saxon employees over those from other backgrounds.

John Bradfield’s words, that “future generations will judge us by our works”, should be the motto for all those involved in the commissioning, design and construction of public infrastructure.

The boom in house prices over the past year has caused lots of pain for young people who have watched the dream of homeownership slip further away.

Half a million people turned out to wish the Sydney Harbour Bridge a happy fiftieth birthday.

Union Jack forced on St Patrick’s Day, educating future wives, and sinister reports about the Silesian plebiscite.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

The eternal why, and the perils of underestimating undergraduate ingenuity.

Shane Warne’s family – parents Keith and Brigitte, brother Jason and children Brooke, Jackson and Summer attended the funeral at St Kilda Football Club in Moorabbin.

The federal seat of Fowler will be hotly contested.

COVID-positive in isolation, the last thing a despairing parent needs is po-faced judgment from Twitter trolls.

Caber-tossing, Scottish country dancing and quirky cattle were all part of the Melbourne Highland Games and Celtic Festival.

“We call upon Russia to end this unprovoked illegal war, and to remove their forces from Ukraine,” Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Sunday.

Experts weigh in on five of NSW’s remaining rules, including whether double-dose vaccine passports and hotel quarantine are helping reduce infections.

In 1984, Jim Crump’s old bombshell -- which his children sometimes rolled down the passage when he wasn’t using it as a doorstop — turned out to be live. The Crump family required Army assistance to defuse the device.

There are 155 people with the virus in hospital, including three in intensive care; on Saturday the highest yet daily death toll for people with COVID was recorded.

Hillsong’s interim global pastor Phil Dooley told a Sunday service Mr Houston’s conduct was of “serious concern” and he had breached the church’s code of conduct.

The large sinkhole, which occurred overnight not far from Chermside shopping centre, was caused by the recent flooding.

A kayaker made the grisly discovery on Saturday afternoon, but police do not believe anyone else was involved in the deaths.