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Clarissa Bye is a senior journalist at the Daily Telegraph who breaks agenda-setting and investigative yarns. She has several decades’ experience covering both Federal and State politics, features, social affairs, education and medical rounds. She was the youngest Federal Parliament correspondent for The Sun Herald where she was short-listed for a Walkley.

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Revealed: NSW’s top 50 secondary schools

There were a few surprises in NSW top secondary schools, with government and single-sex high schools dominating last year’s ratings for years 7-10. See if your local school made the list.

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Confrontation over Israeli kidnap posters at Bondi Beach

Police fine men over Israel poster confrontation at Bondi

Video has emerged of two men destroying posters from the tribute erected at Bondi Beach.

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Posters of missing Israeli hostages vandalised. Art 4x3

‘Sickening’: Sydney uni vandals deface kidnapped Israeli posters

What kind of ‘diseased mind’ would pull down posters of kidnapped babies and grandmothers, asks the Jewish community in the wake of a vile act of vandalism. Here’s what unfolded.

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Full garbage bins, overloaded with rubbish on Hill and Balmain road in Leichhardt. The changes to collection have meant bins are always full. Unidentified resident walks down Balmain Road. DidnÃt give his name. Picture Rohan Kelly.

Residents say new bin system is utter rubbish and a ‘farce’

A furious backlash has been building in Sydney’s inner-city suburbs over cuts to garbage services and bringing in new food scrap bins, with residents saying it’s been a “debacle” that’s hit families hard.

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From Left to right, Labor MP Dr Anne Aly, Mr Ed Husic, Grand Mufti Dr Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammed, PM Anthony Albanese and Imam Shadi Alsuleiman at the 2nd National Muslim Community Iftar 2023 in Sydney.https://www.amust.com.au/2023/04/albanese-celebrates-diversity-with-muslim-community-at-national-iftar-in-sydney/

‘Betrayed’: Jewish leaders spear Muslim counterparts over ‘silence’

Jewish community leaders say the failure by Australian Muslim leaders to condemn the massacres committed in Israel by Hamas terrorists has left them with a “deep sense of betrayal” after years of working with Muslim communities.

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50 best NSW primary schools revealed

Several government primary schools have outperformed elite private schools in the latest NSW rankings. See the full list.

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How helicopter parents could be aiding ‘international health crisis’

Rising levels of childhood depression, anxiety and suicide have alarmed medical experts a new study reveals. But could the solution be as simple as more playtime away from parents?

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Naughty devil schoolboy with lines written on a blackboard reading I will try harder in class and devils horns, tail and pitchfork. Detention and school discipline / punishment concept

‘Behaviour lessons’ could be taught in our unruly classrooms

As global rankings show our classrooms are among the most unruly in the developed world, a novel idea has been suggested to tackle discipline: lessons in how to behave.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 8, 2023. generic stock images of qantas aircraft at Melbourne Airport Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Geraghty

‘We need cheaper airfares’: Why Aussies are copping price hikes

Australians are paying over the odds to travel to popular locations like LA or Singapore because of outdated government policies according to the peak travel body. Read how it could be fixed

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Binary director Kirralie Smith had an AVO by NSW Police withdrawn on Monday at Burwood Court, which had been served after she posted about a transgender woman in a female soccer competition. She believes it's the first case in Australia of a person being served with an AVO for speaking on social media against transgender players in women's sport. Pic: Supplied.

Anti-trans sport campaigner claims win as AVO withdrawn

A conservative campaigner against trans players in female sport says she feels vindicated after an AVO taken against her by police on behalf of a Sydney transwoman soccer player was withdrawn in court.

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