A Southern suburbs high school has urged a mayoral candidate to remove a video about its performance from social media, saying “parents and students have taken extreme offence”. 

Optus argued that it should not be subject to new legislation designed to enhance online privacy and strengthen the rights of consumers in a submission to the federal government last year, it can be revealed. 

The cost of running household appliances has gone up by as much as 22 per cent this financial year. 

New data has found Thousands of Aussies are continuing to abandon Victoria and NSW for other states,  

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