Editorial
Editorial
Private schools
The Kings School goes for a row over headmaster’s jaunt
The idea of headmaster and his wife swanning off for tea and scones at Henley-on-Thames sits awkwardly beside sacrifices most parents make to send their children to the private school system.
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Courts
Myths and stereotypes alive and well in NSW sexual assault trials
A new report has laid bare the trauma many sex assault victims feel in NSW courtrooms.
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Stuart Robert
Robert should face anti-corruption body over scrapped $191m software deal
Former cabinet minister Stuart Robert held multiple meetings with a tech company that won lucrative contracts to build a government payment system.
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Opinion
The Higgins-Lehrmann case may now spawn an investigation into the investigation into the investigation
The ACT government has come out of the legal fiasco looking like some small-time shire council unable to run a criminal justice system.
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Opinion
Abolition of NSW public service salary cap now looks a hollow promise
Premier Chris Minns’ key election promise to scrap the public service wage cap has come back to bite him with unions rejecting his government’s pay offer as little more than a variation on the Coalition’s controversial wages cap and an insulting breach of trust.
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Child safety
Parents need complete confidence in childcare screening checks
The case against a childcare worker has sparked calls for a review of child safety measures.
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Donald Trump
Trump is an American tragedy with potential to affect the world
Donald Trump has been accused of betraying the United States, a traumatic outcome for a country that invests so much national myth and hope in its presidents. There are global implications too.
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Indigenous Voice
Albanese should fire the starting gun on referendum date
Anthony Albanese should not miss the golden opportunity offered by this weekend’s Garma festival in the Northern Territory to announce the referendum date.
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Peter Bol
Champion athlete Peter Bol hung out to dry by sports administrators
Confidence in Australia’s anti-doping processes have been shattered after the treatment of middle-distance runner Peter Bol.
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Property development
Behaviour of major building industry players under scrutiny
Taxpayers don’t want to be left carrying the can if builders and developers aren’t regulated properly.
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Russia-Ukraine war
Putin’s Russia flirts with nuclear catastrophe
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has delivered a repulsive reminder of the threat of nuclear war.
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