A driver who, while affected by mental illness, caused a road crash that killed two women was active on a dating app in the lead-up to facing court for the final time.

Tennis champion, Paralympic gold-medallist, advocate and philanthropist Dylan Alcott has been named Australian of the Year, becoming the first person with a disabil­ity to win the top award.

The state’s teachers union has given the state government an ultimatum, to come back to them with a better offer by Thursday morning or they will strike when face-to-face classes resume next week.

And in sport, Ian Cockbain played one game of turf cricket this summer before turning the Big Bash on its head.

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