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Westmead’s high density living.

Decision to scrap Westmead school lacks foresight

NSW has repeatedly failed to build school infrastructure before housing.

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Australia has startlingly low levels of financial literacy and the solution could start in schools.

Bright students let down by limited subject offerings

It is disappointing that some schools fail to offer extension levels of English and mathematics to students. 

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I was scrolling on my phone, as you do, when I found the photo that changed my life.

Social media ban must look to future teen trends

Regulation should also be considered for AI companion chatbots, which safety experts fear are being increasingly used by young people.

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Sussan Ley at the National Press Club on Wednesday.

Sussan Ley must give more than words on Liberal Party gender quotas

The opposition leader’s comments were the political equivalent of shrugging your shoulders and saying “meh”.

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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey said the measures would boost the number of foster carers and caseworkers.

Mookhey’s latest budget is sensible and sober. It also happens to be his most interesting

The big question is whether the discipline Daniel Mookhey has shown in this budget on debt and spending lasts into a pre-election year.

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Treasurer Daniel Mookey.

The Minns government cries poor while squibbing reform that could raise hundreds of millions

Daniel Mookhey is a good treasurer. But on poker machine tax reform he has revealed himself to be disappointingly weak 

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Emergency waiting room at a hospital.

Months later, still no solution for state’s mental health crisis

There will be a predicted 20 per cent undersupply of psychiatrists by 2048, as more people are diagnosed with and seek treatment for mental health conditions.

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Former School Infrastructure NSW chief executive Anthony Manning leaves the Independent Commission Against Corruption on Tuesday.

The ‘fungus bench’ that should outrage all NSW school parents

Whatever the ICAC makes of allegations, public money being sloshed around for contractors, consultants and advisers is outrageous as public schools fall apart

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**AFR FIRST USE** Generic gen23 exam test high school certificate education students testing hsc. Photographed at Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Snr Campus in Sydney on June 20, 2024. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Rise of AI risks undermining HSC fairness

The NSW Education Standards Authority believes it is the responsibility of individual schools and school sectors to manage policies for the use of AI in their establishments.

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Public hospital wait-times.

Patient care must not be compromised by bureaucratic benchmarks

It is excellent that NSW Health provides such detailed information about its system’s performance to the public, but the figures must tell a true story.

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