A global report on educational performance shows Australian 15-year-olds are getting worse at maths, science and reading. It follows another international education report released last week which also found Australia was sliding down the international leaderboard
"Cancel order" is the message from US President-elect Donald Trump over the Government's multibillion-dollar order for new Air Force One presidential planes
"When I was younger, my dad used to beat me up" are brave words for anyone to admit. But for 12-year-old Kobe Bennett, sharing his story is about helping others. Kobe has been recognised at this year's Tasmanian Human Rights Awards.
Here's what's coming up:
7:40am AEDT: Deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek will be on Radio National
12:00pm AEDT: The ATO's Commission of Taxation Chris Jordan will discuss future priorities for the ATO at a CEDA event in Melbourne
12:30pm AEDT: Minister for Defence Industry Christopher Pyne will talk about Australia's next generation of submarines at a CEDA lunch in Adelaide
3:00pm AEDT: Human Rights Commissioner Gillian Triggs and Deputy Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Robynne Quiggan will launch the Social Justice and Native Title Report
6:00pm AEDT: The inaugural Australian Mental Health Prize will be awarded in Sydney
Declared donations and payments to Australian political parties are about to top $1 billion, a new analysis of data shows, revealing the property industry has been the most generous since returns have been published.
The Victorian Government accepts a cross-party committee's recommendation to legalise assisted dying and looks set to hold a conscience vote on the issue next year.
The NSW community of Collarenebri has been devastated by the deaths of three Indigenous members who died after drinking toxic moonshine — a substance secretly supplied by a local shop owner. Family members speak of their heartache for the first time.
Former treasurer Peter Costello criticises federal politicians for wasting so much time debating the backpacker tax and says "One Nation has now mainstreamed itself".
China calls on the United States not to let Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen transit there when she visits Guatemala next month, days after President-elect Donald Trump irked Beijing by speaking to Ms Tsai in a break with decades of precedent.
Workers at some of Australia's biggest banks accuse the industry of having an aggressive sales culture which rewards bad behaviour and can have devastating consequences for consumers.
Western rules of evidence don't apply in Indonesia's opaque and confusing justice system, which doesn't bode will for Jakarta's Governor Ahok, writes ABC Indonesia correspondent Adam Harvey.
NBN customer David Sneddon sometimes has to go to extreme lengths — like putting his internet dongle up a tree — to get an internet connection at his home, located in one of the nation's first rollout areas.
You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts.
This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com.
Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email.
This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.
0 comments:
Post a Comment