The practice of teachers choosing their friends or the union delegate to conduct official evaluations of how well they deliver lessons and manage a classroom of students will cease after the state government put a stop to the practice. 

It’s been revealed a husband kept his wife alive by breathing into her mouth and begging her not to give up as they clung to a tree in floodwater while holding their youngest two children. 

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s plans to overhaul land tax – potentially hitting NSW investors from across the border – could fall flat on its face if other states refuse to share their residents’ information. 

An expert says Australia needs to ­urgently reassess its data protection laws after customers who left Optus a year ago had their data ­exposed in a hack that has left the telecommunications ­industry reeling.  

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