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Former Liberal staffer’s lawyer begins three-day appeal hearing by apologising to justices for her client’s failure to appoint an experienced barristerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBruce Lehrmann can’t afford a barrister to represent him in an appeal against his lost defamation case and deserves substantial damages because he is “a national joke”, the federal court has heard.Lehrmann is appealing Justice Michael Lee’s April 2024 judgment, which found the former Liberal staffer was not defamed by Lisa Wilkinson and Network 10 when The Project broadcast an interview with

Allan government commits to accepting all 22 recommendations, with several also directed at federal government Major reforms to working with children checks, a new database and regulator, more unannounced visits to childcare centres and an urgent rethink of how the entire early childhood education system is funded have been recommended as part of Victoria’s urgent review into the childcare sector.The review, written by former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill and senior bureaucrat Pam White, was released in full by the state government on Wednesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/20/victoria-childcare-safety-review-recommendations-unveiled-ntwnfb Author : Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent Publish date :

Employees outraged by report Azure platform used by Israel to store surveillance data collected on PalestiniansDozens of Microsoft employees occupied the company’s east campus in Redmond, Washington to protest against what they say is the use of its software by the Israeli military to carry out operations in Gaza and enable the surveillance of Palestinians.Three months after the company said it was launching an independent investigation into the use of its Azure software, current and former staff occupied a space they declared the “Free Zone”, holding placards that read “Join The Worker Intifada – No Labor for Genocide” and “Martyred

Belief that snack chain’s revenues exceed those of Oxford one of many underestimations of importance of HE sectorManchester United and Greggs’ famous sausage rolls are no match for the financial firepower of Britain’s leading universities, despite many members of the public thinking otherwise, according to research.The study by King’s College London’s policy institute revealed that many people have a string of misperceptions about the higher education sector, ranging from its size to the lucrative career boost it gives to graduates. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/aug/20/less-than-greggs-public-have-no-idea-of-value-of-top-universities-study-finds Author : Richard Adams Education editor Publish date : 2025-08-19 23:01:00 Copyright for syndicated