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Susie O’Brien is a columnist and journalist at the Herald Sun, writing on family, social, political and lifestyle issues. She also writes about parenting, or “sharenting” as it’s now known thanks to Facebook. Susie often writes about her three kids, but this is getting harder as they now regularly Google their names to check up on her. Susie is an experienced media performer who appears on Sunrise every Friday where her main audience is women on treadmills watching with the sound turned down. Over the years she’s been on The Project, The Circle, Mornings, Today, Weekend Today and Sky News and every other news show. She has a PhD in Education, but please don’t hold this against her.

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Geelong Grammar School. Corio campus.

How elite schools nabbed JobKeeper for teachers

Some of the state’s wealthiest private schoolare receiving generous JobKeeper payments, in addition to multimillion-dollar federal handouts, pricey fees and generous alumni donations. Here’s how.

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OpinionSusie O'Brien

Lockdown of public housing commission flats in Flemington due to an outbreak and second wave of coronavirus across Melbourne, Victoria. A balloon outside 159 Melrose Street North Melbourne where no residents tested positive for the coronavirus. Picture : Ian Currie

Lockdown 2.0 low on action but high on risk

The rules of the new lockdown are as complicated as ever but it is a much scarier game and the hero now has to wear a mask. It feels much more serious this time but we can get through it again, writes Susie O’Brien.

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Melbourne Grammar School's campus in the CBD. The school is chair of an international group of boarding schools, which offer each other expertise and support.

Private schools break ranks in return to home learning

Melbourne’s elite schools have broken rank and will return to remote learning next week, instead of following the state government’s move to extend holidays. But some year levels will be able to learn onsite.

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St Mary's College (grey) no.15 Elisha Stock V's St John Fisher College - Catholic Secondary Schoolgirls' Sports Association Sports MinisterÕs Community Cup soccer, Brisbane, at the Grange on Wednesday May 15th, 2019 (Image AAP/Steve Pohlner)

Elite schools axe winter sport, fears more could follow

Principals from a dozen Melbourne Catholic schools, attended by thousands of mostly male students, have abandoned plans to resume inter-school sport in Term 3 amid fears other leagues will soon follow suit.

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Hawthorn players Shaun Burgoyne takes a swim at Coogee in Sydney after their game last night against the Giants. The club will be based here for possibly the next month. They meet Collingwood on Friday night in Sydney and then Melbourne the following week, both at Giants Stadium. Picture. Phil Hillyard

Players’ sunny escape highlights AFL elitism

Most of us can’t fly anywhere, but AFL stars and club officials have packed their surfboards and golf clubs and winged their way to freedom. It’s an unfair and disgraceful situation, writes Susie O’Brien.

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St Kevin's College Toorak sign Picture: Supplied

Why disgraced teacher’s unfair dismissal hearing delayed

Disgraced ex-St Kevin’s teacher Simon Parris will be forced to wait until December to have his unfair dismissal claim heard by the Fair Work Commission. Here’s why it has been delayed.

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Chrissie with her kids Annabelle,7, and Seth, 5. Kids and parents reject schools teaching about food which says some food are good and other food bad. They also hate lunchbox monitoring and bans on sharing food. Instead families see food as communal, pleasurable and fun. Picture- Nicole Cleary

The lunchbox dilemma pestering kids

Just exactly how kids feel about their lunchboxes being monitored, limits on sharing food and what is deemed as healthy has been revealed in a new study. Here’s what they think.

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Hey, SA, we don’t care because we have the ‘G

South Australians are fighting back against Premier Dan Andrews questioning why anyone would want to go to Adelaide. But they’re wasting their time, because they don’t have the ‘G, writes Susie O’Brien.

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Bucking the fast food trend, healthy teens Francesca 14 and friend Issy 15 love a good smooth and making a mess in the kitchen. Picture: David Caird

How social media is leading kids to junk food

Fast-food companies are bombarding Victorian kids with ads for unhealthy junk food and drinks on social media, a new study has found. Here’s how the inundation is taking place.

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GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 12: Players and coaches take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before the 2020 AFL Round 02 match between the Geelong Cats and the Hawthorn Hawks at GMHBA Stadium on June 12, 2020 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)

AFL players can take a bow for taking a stand

Footy players taking a knee before the weekend’s matches was a small gesture that means a lot, and it should be applauded, writes Susie O’Brien.

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