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Jack MorphetEducation reporter

Jack Morphet is an award-winning reporter at The Sunday Telegraph. His coverage of the state’s worst ever drought earned him the 2019 NRMA Kennedy Award for Outstanding Reporting on the Environment. He also won the Kennedy Award for Young Journalist of the Year in 2017. Jack mainly covers rural affairs and education. Got a tip? Email jack.morphet@news.com.au

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** EXCLUSIVE FOR WEEKEND TELEGRAPH ONLY ** Before and after flood road recovery - Oxley Highway - Mount Seaview Road - now. SUPPLIED

Revealed: When Oxley Hwy, other main roads reopen after floods

The flooding that set in for two weeks in March washed away whole stretches of highways and main arterials but now 28 of the 30 closed roads have reopened. Find out more.

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Banned bait ready and waiting to fight mouse plague

The NSW government has not waited for the poisons regulator to approve a banned mouse bait before ordering the first shipment. VIDEO: See how the plague spread.

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Happy female teacher assisting her female student during a class in lecture hall.

A new plan for schools to pass the consent test

New lesson plans will be rolled out in NSW schools from term 3, to help students understand sexual consent and how to build respectful relationships.

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Father of boy killed in Banksia school crash

‘She killed our son but we forgive her’

The father of a boy killed in the Banksia school crash has called for the female driver to be spared jail, saying he doesn’t want another family torn apart by the tragedy.

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Golf Club directors bunker down over memorial block

The directors of the Oatlands Golf Club have not spoken out publicly after ruling out building a memorial for the Abdallah children and their cousin after they were killed near the course.

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Embargoed for The Daily Telegraph., , Leila and Danny Abdallah pictured at home. With their kids Liana 11, Alex 6 and Michael 4, in front of the Christmas tree. , The story is about how they want to start a forgiveness day each year on January 31 (the eve of the crash). It's in partnership with the state govt mental health minister Bronwyn Taylor. It will be called 'I 4give'. Picture Rohan Kelly.

Golf club refuses to honour killed children

Oatlands Golf Club has unequivocally ruled out a memorial for the Abdallah children and their cousin after they were killed near the course.

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SATURDAY TELEGRAPH - 30/4/21Year 2 students from Chatswood Public School pictured today. L to R, Hayley Tang, Jacob Wilson and Taylor Dempsey. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

COVID clears out classrooms across Sydney

The exodus of temporary visa holders and their young families due to the COVID-19 pandemic has seen whole classes wiped from timetables at Sydney schools.

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25/04/2009 WIRE: Australian soldier is seen during the wreath-laying ceremonies at the Australian National Memorial in Villers-Bretonneux, northern France, during ANZAC Day, Saturday, April 25, 2009. The ceremony marks the 91th anniversary of the recapture of the village of Villers-Bretonneux on April 25, 1918. Australia's veterans minister is hoping to increase awareness of an often-overlooked battle that blunted the German advance on the Western Front during World War I. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Wind farm plan will ‘desecrate’ war cemetery

The Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux in France, where thousands of Diggers lie buried, will soon have a giant wind farm as a backdrop.

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Elementary school teacher giving a presentation to the class. She is happy and smiling. The students are wearing uniforms in the classroom. A student has their arm raised. She is showing them a world map. istock image

Teachers to spend more time learning

Classroom data reports will now be analysed by principals and the education department to decide what type of training teachers need.

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING - Pictured at the State Crime Command in Parramatta today is New head of the Sex Crimes Squad Detective Superintendent Stacey Maloney. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Private school heads summoned before sex crimes top cop

The new boss of the Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad Stacey Maloney will speak to hundreds of private school heads on Friday about weeding out sexual violence.

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