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Scott Morrison has defended his controversial new housing plan, which Labor argues will weaken retirement incomes. — 1:46

PM unveils housing plan in final week of campaign

Scott Morrison has defended his controversial new housing plan, which Labor argues will weaken retirement incomes.

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Ben Calladine, Lorraine Lock, Sian Potsig and Julian Cinotta are working to establish the Hollywood micro-precinct near Central.

City life

Inner city farmers markets, festivals will prove sceptics wrong, Sydney mayor hopes

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by Natassia Chrysanthos

Prime Minister Scott Morrison at The Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre yesterday for the official Coalition campaign launch.

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Election 2022 LIVE updates: Labor, Coalition debate housing and superannuation as the campaign enters its final week

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by Broede Carmody and Lisa Visentin

Chris Dawson outside the NSW Supreme Court.

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Lynette Dawson called husband to say she wasn’t coming home, court told

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by Sarah McPhee

NSW Health has seized more than $1 million worth of illegal e-cigarettes and liquids containing nicotine since January 2022. — 1:27

NSW authorities seize $1 million of illegal nicotine vapes

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Healthcare

Positive COVID-19 cases continue to rise among Victorian healthcare workers

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Without radical reform, the prognosis for our health system is grim

Healthcare workers are leaving the sector in droves, not because they want to, but because they are being asked to work beyond their capacity.

by Dr Neela Janakiramanan

A sign outside a COVID-19 isolation ward in Melbourne in the early part of the pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 protocols implicated in deaths and harm of Victorian patients

Visitor restrictions were highlighted as an issue, but others say that they were necessary to keep vulnerable staff and patients safe.

by Aisha Dow

Rhiannon Rowbotham from Achilles Melbourne writing in braille

City life

Braille bombers boost city signage for the sight-impaired

by Chloe Jaenicke

NSW Mounted Police patrol the streets of Fairfield during the lockdown.

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Mental health

Lockdown toll: One in eight has new mental health condition

by Lucy Carroll and Mary Ward

The emergency sign at a Sydney hospital.

Opinion

Healthcare

Time to fix our health system that’s as broken as my leg

by Helen Pitt

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Education

Amir, now 18, is studying at the University of Queensland.

Asylum seekers

Young, smart and unable to pursue a future

by Bianca Hall

Kuldip Khehra with maths teacher Eddie Woo at Quakers Hill High School

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Education

Plan for tenfold increase in top teachers within the next three years

by Jordan Baker

Justin Riazaty, Post Graduate Law Student at Melbourne University is planning on suing the University of Melbourne Student Union for their motion calling on Melbourne University to boycott and divest from Israel.

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Education

Melbourne Uni student suing student union for Israel-Palestine motion

by Nicole Precel

Sydney Anglican Archbishop Kanishka Raffel said he welcomed feedback from Anglican school parents

Education

‘Goes against our beliefs’: Parents and church clash over school values

by Jordan Baker

Students and staff picket an entry to Sydney University.

Education

Campus ‘empty’ as Sydney Uni staff picket during strike action

by Daniella White

A boy who was allegedly bullied over several months by another student at Parade College has been expelled because of the allegedly uncivil manner in which his parents complained.

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Education

Parade College accused of expelling bullied boy over parents’ ‘derogatory’ comments

by Adam Carey

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Former Brazilian soccer star Mineiro is now coaching kids such as Wesal, 10, Ciaran, 9, Shiven, 7, and Ruairi, 7, in Aintree, in Melbourne’s north-west.

City life

From World Cup to western suburbs: Why a Brazilian international is coaching our kids

by Carolyn Webb

Coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 protocols implicated in deaths and harm of Victorian patients

by Aisha Dow

City life

Braille bombers boost city signage for the sight-impaired

by Chloe Jaenicke

Queensland

Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese during the Labor Campaign Rally at the Howard Smith Wharves in Brisbane, Queensland, on Sunday 15 May 2022.

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‘Choose a PM who visits Qld even when there’s no election’

by Cloe Read

Crime

Gunman shot dead by police in Ipswich after allegedly threatening officers

by Cloe Read

Extreme weather

Greater Brisbane asked to save water as Gympie assesses flood damage

by Cloe Read

Western Australia

I never thought I would care about the headache of school choice, but here we are.

Opinion

Schools

Fact check: Is moving to Perth’s ‘best’ school zones worth the cost?

by Emma Young

Crime

We must stop Kimberley crime wave at its source, says worker

by Holly Thompson

City life

Brains behind The Beaufort take on Yagan Square and new South Perth venture

by Peter de Kruijff

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