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Travellers being escorted off a bus by police into hotel quarantine for 14 days.
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic

New phase of hotel quarantine must be managed safely - and fairly

It is understandable that Australians are clamouring to return home from overseas at a time of huge uncertainty.

  • by The Herald's View
Travellers returning from overseas escorted to hotel quarantine in Sydney.
Coronavirus pandemic

Returning travellers will need to fork out $3000 for NSW hotel quarantine

  • by Kate Aubusson and Andrew Taylor
Director Laura Tava-Petrelli and Administrator Sonja Kuti at North Ryde Community Preschool Centre, which has missed out on government funding year after year.
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Nationals

Nationals accused of playing toddlers for votes in preschool 'pork barrel'

  • by Carrie Fellner
Legal Aid NSW's domestic violence unit will receive additional funding to deal with a sharp rise in demand.
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Domestic violence

Legal Aid funding boost amid sharp rise in domestic violence calls during pandemic

  • by Michaela Whitbourn
Dr Alice Chik from Macquarie University.
Coronavirus pandemic

Macquarie Uni and Ryde council join forces to tackle racism

  • by Anna Patty
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Politics

Nurses are holding placards outside Parliament.
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Wage growth

Treasury advice says public sector wages freeze will 'deepen recession'

Public sector unions have applied to the industrial umpire to subpoena the advice, the existence of which was revealed in Treasury emails, but the government says it doesn't show the full picture.

  • by Lisa Visentin
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian addresses the media on Wednesday.
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic

We must stop acting like we have the COVID-19 fight in the bag

The outbreak in Victoria has exposed complacency in many facets of our pandemic response.

  • The Herald's View
Corona Virus. COVID-19. Victoria police road block on the Hume highway in Kalkallo enforcing the hard border around Melbourne. Photo by Jason South. 9th June 2020
Coronavirus pandemic

Premier Gladys Berejiklian warns it could be weeks before COVID-19 outbreak is known

  • by Lisa Visentin
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian addresses the media on Wednesday flanked by Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant and Police Commissioner Mick Fuller.
Coronavirus pandemic

'Extremely high' risk situation: Berejiklian flags further state-wide COVID-19 restrictions

  • by Lisa Visentin
The lockdown scene at the towers in North Melbourne. MFB firfighters in hazmat suits were enlisted to distribute food into the towers. Photo by Jason South. 7th June 2020
Coronavirus pandemic

NSW faces an anxious wait as Melbourne forced back into COVID lockdown

  • by Alexandra Smith and Rachel Clun

Crime & Courts

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Education

Kate Blundy, who has autism was expelled from her private school when she was in year 2. Her parents, mother Hannah are taking the case to court, saying the school didn't do enough to meet her needs related to her disability, now 8 years old she attends another school. 21st June 2020.
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Disability

Independent school settles court case after expelling student with autism

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
Coronavirus pandemic

Early uni offers to target students disadvantaged by COVID-19

  • by Anna Patty
Flashback

From the Archives, 1980: Call for computers in high schools

  • by Christopher Henning

Health

Blacktown Hospital's new maternity unit opened in August 2019.
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Hospitals

Bundle of grief: urgent review into baby deaths at Blacktown Hospital

  • by Kate Aubusson
Coronavirus pandemic

Sydney pub cluster revealed as Victorian infections soar

  • by Kate Aubusson
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Disability

Independent school settles court case after expelling student with autism

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos

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