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Suzan DelibasicEducation Reporter

Suzan Delibasic is an award-winning journalist covering education for the Herald Sun.

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Suzan Delibasic

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EXCLUSIVEFertility

Full list: Australia’s best-value IVF clinics revealed

Some cheaper IVF clinics are outperforming more expensive ones. See the full list of what each centre charges for IVF, egg freezing and monthly storage fees.

Wellbeing

Japan Airlines Boeing 777 aircraft as seen flying on final approach during a blue sky summer sunny day with some clouds, arriving from Tokyo International Airport Haneda HND, for landing at the capital of England, London Heathrow Airport LHR airport in the UK. The flight is operated from the wide body 777-300ER, Triple Seven or B777 airplane has the registration JA736J and is powered by 2x GE jet engines. Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. known as JAL, the former Japan Air Lines is the Japanese flag carrier and largest airline of the country with headquarters and main hub in Toky Narita and Haneda Airport. The airline is member of Oneworld aviation alliance group. As of summer 2022 many airlines returned long haul fleet, wide body planes as the passenger traffic increased with high demand, a period after the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic with lockdown, travel restrictions and safety measures. London, United Kingdom on August 2022 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Escape 23 July 2023Doc HolidayPhoto - Getty Images

The secrets to surviving a long-haul flight

Cabin crew and doctors reveal the best ways to be comfortable and feel your best after a long-haul flight. See their seven hacks.

Ageing

Suzan Delibasic with her Nonna at a family celebration.

How my beautiful grandmother was failed in the aged care system

When memories of my Nonna come flooding back, I am still astonished by her courage. She deserved to die with dignity.

exclusiveEducation

Ribbons have been tied to the front gates of Ballarat High School after a senior music teacher was stood down and charged with a range of alleged child sexual offences. Picture: Supplied

Ballarat High teacher allegedly pulled girl’s hair out in class

The parent of a Ballarat High School student is considering legal action after a senior teacher allegedly pulled out his daughter’s hair in front of dozens of students.

ExclusiveEducation

More vile 'fight club' accounts on social media have emerged show fights between Melbourne school students.

Shock number of suspensions at 250 Victorian schools revealed

Almost 90 students a day are being kicked out of state primary and secondary schools amid a rise in schoolyard attacks and other unruly behaviour. SEE THE FULL LIST OF SCHOOLS

ExclusivePolice & Courts

Tarneit P-9 College science and maths teacher Justin Marks has been suspended on an interim basis after he was charged with committing a sexual offence. Picture: Facebook ,

Tarneit P-9 College teacher suspended over sexual offence claims

Maths and science teacher Justin Marks has been suspended on an interim basis by the teaching regulator, after school officials reported him to police following sexual offence allegations.

Weight Loss

DAILY TELEGRAPH - 2.1.25Schofields resident Georgina Willard has lost almost 40kg on the CSIRO diet. Pictured at her apartment this morning. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

I lost 40kg in 16 months – and this is what really helped me do it

At her heaviest, Georgina Willard weighed almost 90kg and didn’t feel healthy. But she used specific kinds of goals to help her lose 40kg — and she still enjoys cookie-dough croissants.

Victoria

A new image has emerged of Australian soldier Oscar Jenkins wearing combat gear. Picture: Supplied

Oscar Jenkins pictured smiling in military gear prior to capture in Ukraine

Fresh clues have emerged about how a former Melbourne Grammar pupil believed to have been taken as a Russian prisoner of war in Ukraine ended up in the conflict zone.

Victoria

From sad to bad: Kids at risk in Victoria’s neglected playgrounds

Broken swings and climbing frames, exposed metal and cracked surfaces are just some of the major safety hazards plaguing the state’s playgrounds. Is this the best councils can do?

Victoria

In a YouTube video posted in August 2023, Mr Jenkins said he was going to convert Chinese people to veganism and that he had few friends apart from his mother.,

‘You’ll be vegan soon, or we’ll fight’: Oscar Jenkins’ bizarre video

The former Melbourne Grammar student captured fighting for Ukraine rants about veganism and reversing a vasectomy in a bizarre YouTube video, as a school friend said he’d dropped off the radar since moving to China in 2015.

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