Schools forced to cut back on support for Send pupils in England, poll finds
More than 70% have cut down in past year on teaching assistants, who play key role in helping children with SendTwo-fifths of school leaders in Englan...
Governments failed to deliver $160m of river improvements including for now-parched NSW wetlands, report finds
NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review findsGet our breaking n...
No evidence of antisemitism at Bristol school that postponed visit by Jewish MP, review finds
Independent inquiry into Bristol Brunel Academy found visit by Damien Egan was postponed solely on safeguarding groundsAn independent inquiry into a B...
Heatwaves, floods and wildfires pose rising threat to democracy, report finds
Research shows natural hazards linked to climate crisis disrupted 23 elections in 18 countries in 2024Democracy is under mounting threat from the clim...
‘Significant failures’ led two NSW foster children to be placed with serial killer, review finds
Two staff suspended after damning review finds department was warned last December that triple murderer Regina Arthurell was living in the homeFollow ...
Rental platform unnecessarily collected the data of millions of Australians, privacy commissioner finds
2Apply’s over-collection of personal information adds to the power of the real estate industry in the competitive rental market, Carly Kind saysFollow...
Dozens of US lawmakers faced harassment claims, study finds
Analysis finds 53 allegations against 30 lawmakers; nine still in office amid wave of resignations in CongressFifty-three allegations of workplace sex...
‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars
Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn yearsNasa’s Curiosity rover has detected organic molecules o...
EU’s top court finds Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law in breach of key values
ECJ says law passed in 2021 discriminatory and ‘contrary to the identity of the union’, in early test for incoming PMThe EU’s highest court has found ...
‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds
Growing use of AI tech comes at expense of workers’ rights, protections and pay, report warnsBillion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing fo...
Father of man who inspired Super Mario was also named Luigi, researcher finds
Elisabeth Zetland, a senior researcher at MyHeritage, found that the actual Luigi had immigrated to US from ItalyGaming enthusiasts have known for yea...
Study finds slightly higher risk of autism diagnosis in areas with more lithium in drinking water, but experts say more research is needed
A new study found a moderately higher risk of autism spectrum disorder in children born to pregnant people exposed to tap water with higher levels of ...
