The majority of parents give the wrong – and at times harmful – care to their sick child, with more than 80 per cent wrongly believing they should lower a high temperature.

Students in Western Sydney deserve to be on par with those on the north shore, federal Education Minister Jason Clare has declared, as his supremo Mark Scott said more traditional direct teaching techniques were needed to close the gap.

The capacity of Victorian meth labs is surging as organised crime gangs disguise the structure of drug-manufacturing chemicals to sneak huge shipments into Australia.

A Gold Coast city councillor on Wednesday night was assisting police with their inquiries into the death of his mother’s de facto partner.

A South Australian great-grandmother who lays claim to the title of Australia’s oldest living person is set to turn 111 this week.