Swimming champion Kyle Chalmers was so mentally scarred from a media storm surrounding his relationship with national teammates Emma McKeon and Cody Simpson earlier this year he penned a detailed letter announcing his retirement from the sport. 

Teachers have called for principals to resist pressure to stop suspending or expelling students who engage in violent behaviour. 

Australia’s most expensive building, the $3.2bn new Women’s and Children’s Hospital, will cost almost three times the state’s flagship Royal Adelaide Hospital on a per-bed basis.

The Australian Opals capped off a program-defining World Cup campaign with a bronze medal in a fitting farewell for Lauren Jackson, the country’s greatest player. 

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