Young people who lack basic skills to make their way in the world will be targeted with a $46.8 million investment to try and get 5000 of them into education or work. 

The woman who held Labor senator Kimberly Kitching’s hand as she died has revealed the heartbreaking final days of her life. 

It’s been revealed a young worker crushed to death at a drill rig north of Roma was still in the “danger zone” when the heavy machinery that killed him was activated by another worker. 

And a major health fund is raising the premiums of its Gold cover by a massive 11.4 per cent, which is more than three times the inflation rate and more than four times the industry “average”. 

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