Your morning Briefing: NAPLAN: $20bn flop, schools fail to lift student’s results

Literacy and numeracy skills of most students are languishing and China tells Australian government to keep out of the case of arrested Chinese-Australian writer.

Hello readers. Literacy and numeracy skills of most students are languishing and China tells Australian government to keep out of the case of arrested Chinese-Australian writer.

27/9/2019Bahara Mohammadi (8), Stephanie D'Angelo (9), Dylan Lee (8), Elijah Miller (9) and Drew Street (8). Year 3 (8-9yrs) students of Ballajura Primary school.pic Colin Murty The Australian

$20bn flop: schools fail to lift most students’ results

Bellajura Primary kids are doing well, but literacy and numeracy skills of most students are languishing, despite funding for schools soaring.

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This undated photo released by Chongyi Feng shows Yang Hengjun and his wife Yuan Xiaoliang. The Australian government said on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019, it was "very concerned and disappointed" that the Chinese Australian writer had been formally arrested in China on suspicion of espionage. Yang has been in Chinese custody since he arrived in southern China's Guangzhou from New York on Jan. 19, 2019 with his wife Yuan and his 14-year-old stepdaughter. China revealed in July that the 54-year-old academic and former Chinese government official had been detained. (Chongyi Feng via AP)

China tells Payne: butt out

China has told the Australian government to keep out of the case of arrested Chinese-Australian writer, Yang Hengjun, saying it “deplores” a strongly-worded statement by Foreign Minister Marise Payne expressing concern about his treatment.

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Protesters march for their right to a peaceful protest in Brisbane's CBD today.

Protesters cause traffic havoc Brisbane’s CBD

Activists in Brisbane have taken over the CBD causing lengthy traffic delays as they defend their right to a “peaceful protest”.

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Kudelka’s view

Kudelka Cartoon of the day.