The 17-year-old charged with eight serious offences after allegedly boarding a Jetstar flight armed with a shotgun had earlier stolen firearms, a children’s court has been told.
Catholic school graduates are more likely to be employed, earn higher wages and have higher life satisfaction compared with the government sector, a new study suggests.
The defrocked pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale died aged 90, leaving hundreds of victims in his wake, with potentially many more remaining silent.
Catholic schools have urged voters to consider voting against the Greens at the weekend’s crucial Victorian Prahran by-election over support for Labor’s controversial payroll tax.
Parks Victoria has failed to meet its mandated guidelines over the Mt Arapiles rock climbing bans, according to critics.
In former Victorian treasurer Tim Pallas’s long-held seat of Werribee, some within the community say they see little to show for his record infrastructure spending.
New climbing routes at Mt Arapiles were blocked because traditional owners viewed it as a form of ‘colonisation’.
A pro-Palestinian Labor group has savaged Israel and its political leadership in a pre-election split over a cabinet minister’s visit to the Middle East.
Park’s Victoria’s interim boss will dispatch himself to the area that has been hit hardest by the cultural heritage bans that have smashed the heartland of Australia’s rock climbing community.
Millions of voters have no memories of a recession, surging unemployment or life without a gold-plated safety net. There are three clear options for households short of cash.
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