New data has revealed the best and worst schools for student to teacher ratios across Australia and the results have prompted a call for greater funding. Figures from the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority showed that the average student to teaching staff ratio in 2023 was 13.1 students perContinue Reading
One Kmart shopper has been left stunned after she snagged 18 items for less that a $2 coin. Kmart stores are able to create their own discounts on what they see fit, with one lucky Western Australian customer snapping up item items for 10 cents each. The shopper took toContinue Reading
A mum of four from Tasmania who defrauded her council job to buy more than $130,000 of home improvement products, mostly from Bunnings, will serve 18 months home detention. Casey Maree Bryant, 40, from Bothwell, 75kms north of Hobart, was handed her sentence on Friday. In total, Ms Bryant pleadedContinue Reading
A childcare centre that left a two-year old outside in a play area unsupervised on a hot day has been fined $24,500 by the State Administrative Tribunal. Last year, a two-year old was found by an educator crying, hot and sweaty in a back corner of the playground at NidoContinue Reading
A container of ashes has been found on a bus in Perth, with police now trying to find the person who left it there. The word ‘Ranga’ is written on the container, along with the dates 24/4/77 and 29/4/23. The ashes were found on a bus in Rockingham, in Perth’sContinue Reading
An accounts manager trusted by some of Australia’s biggest music identities betrayed their friendship and embezzled more than $2m. Damien Bernard Luscombe, 38, was jailed for six years over the complex fraud in the Victorian County Court on Wednesday. Handing down his sentence, Judge George Georgiou said Luscombe had “betrayedContinue Reading
A co-accused and key witness in the alleged staged $2.8m robbery of a high-end jewellery store will not give evidence, a court has been told, as the Sydney businessman accused of setting up the fraudulent heist of his own shop was again denied bail. Germani Jewellery owner Michel Germani hasContinue Reading
A McDonald’s worker in Adelaide knew something was wrong with her health when she began dropping things at work. What she couldn’t have imagined was that her seeming clumsiness was actually a sign of something far worse – brain cancer. But worse than that, it’s taken five years from herContinue Reading
Coles staff are being urged to vote down a proposed enterprise agreement promising better wages and contract hours as the supermarket giant faces fallout from nationwide walkouts and increased government scrutiny. The Retail and Fast Food Workers Union on Wednesday urged about 120,000 Coles and Coles Liquorland staff to voteContinue Reading
A man wielding an axe allegedly stole goods from an Adelaide mall, marking the second terrifying incident in just a matter of days. Police were called to a sports store in Rundle Mall just before 9.30am on Wednesday following reports a theft had occurred. A man, aged in his 40s,Continue Reading