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As new figures reveal almost one in 12 students was suspended in NSW high schools last year, teachers say a combination of factors has made their job nearly impossible.

National cabinet’s promise of $4.7 billion to tackle gender-based violence has been met with scepticism by frustrated peak bodies across the sector, who claim the funding has, in reality, gone backwards.

Behind the apparent breakdown in relations between Labor and the Reserve Bank is a more bitter feud with the Coalition over reforms.

A report by the Australian Public Service Commission has found a dozen public servants, including two departmental secretaries, breached the Public Service Code of Conduct in their handling of robodebt.

An Indigenous corporation wants a new agreement to allow it to have a say in industrial development on the Burrup Peninsula.

A South-East Asian beetle is threatening Western Australia’s urban canopies and greater economy – a risk that could spread to the rest of Australia.

ANALYSIS: With housing affordability a major issue in Australia, the Greens’ latest policy contribution on the problem would do more harm than good.

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has ignored referrals from a royal commission to investigate six public servants over the disastrous robodebt scheme.

In a meeting with staff, the chief executive of the Bureau of Meteorology confirmed the agency was dipping into future operational funds to pay for current projects.

As the likelihood of minority government increases, Labor is actively cultivating relations with the teal independents.