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What is phonics and why is it used to teach reading?

Victoria has just announced all government schools will be required to use phonics to teach reading from next year. This brings it in line with approaches in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.

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Demand for 'extreme' piggery and farm restrictions

An inquiry into Victoria's pork industry has called for the state government to ban sow stalls and make security cameras mandatory at abattoirs and farms.

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Trades Hall vandals slammed for 'performative stunt'

Victoria's Trades Hall has been vandalised with a group seen spray-painting anti-police and pro-Palestine slogans on the building's walls.

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I’m a CFA volunteer – and as firefighters we have to put community safety above politics

A threat by some volunteers to refuse to fight fires on renewable energy developments undermines the trust placed in us to protect lives and property

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Here’s what we know about the Coalition’s seven planned nuclear power sites

Peter Dutton has revealed the Coalition would use existing power stations in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and WA for nuclear energy. But from there it gets tricky

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An Indigenous girl asked to reconnect with her culture. In a ‘racist’ child protection system, her pleas were ignored

Victorian coroner condemns ‘systemic racism and paternalism’ in child protection system after inquest into 17-year-old’s death

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Victoria's social housing plan fails to consider demand

Homes Victoria, which manages social housing, lacks a plan to target areas in the state with the highest level of demand, a report says.

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Bird flu detected at egg farm in Sydney’s Hawkesbury

Avian influenza virus identified as H7N8 strain – different from outbreaks of H7N3 and H7N9 first detected in Victoria a month ago

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Time to learn from $1.2bn pandemic tutoring failure

A Victorian government tutoring program that cost taxpayers $1.2 billion did not significantly improve students' learning, an audit has found.

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The AEC has redrawn the boundaries for federal seats. How will this affect the next election?

Redistributions are held to keep the number of enrolled voters in each seat roughly equal. In Australia, this equal population per seat is possible for a particular state or territory’s seats, but not for all seats in the House of Representatives.

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Ambulance service demands reach unprecedented levels

Victoria's ambulance service demands have surpassed the height of the pandemic, with one family sharing a horror experience after their child stopped breathing.

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Experts struggle to crack mystery new bird-flu outbreak

Australia does not do enough to protect its biosecurity, an expert has warned as authorities work overtime to contain the spread of bird flu in two states.

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Following the money, not hot air, for more wind farms

Australia's green bank and international firms are generating more renewable energy projects, even as the political stoush over the nation's future warms up.

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Melbourne and Sydney wake to coldest morning this year after Queensland weather record

Band of cold blankets entire east coast, with widespread frost across Tasmania, Victoria, the ACT and NSW

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Afternoon Update: Coalition divided on energy; Victoria raises age of criminal responsibility; and North Korea’s lucrative human hair trade

Simon Birmingham contradicts Nationals’ leader, saying renewables are ‘an important part of the mix’

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Clubs spending community grants on their own operations

Victorian clubs are spending hundreds of millions of dollars of pokies revenue meant for the community on venue operating costs instead, reform advocates say.

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Victoria to raise age of criminal responsibility to 12 with no exceptions

Premier Jacinta Allan says bill to raise age from 10 allows police to issue warnings to children while cracking down on repeat offenders

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'Belong in school': force fears as kid arrest ban looms

Police will no longer be able to arrest children under the age of 12, with Premier Jacinta Allan declaring 10 and 11-year-olds don't belong injail.

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Morning Mail: Climate 200 wades into 2025 election fight, labia surgery on rise, stumble at Ukraine peace summit

Fundraising giant identifies more independents to back in 2025 vote; misconceptions driven by porn and social media driving labiaplasty; key nations fail to sign Ukraine peace summit communique

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An affair, a hunting trip and two people dead at a high country camp: how the Greg Lynn case unfolded – a timeline

The former Jetstar pilot has been found guilty of murdering Carol Clay and not guilty of murdering Russell Hill in the Wonnangatta Valley in 2020. Here’s everything you need to know

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Targets set as Victoria eyes millions of extra homes

The Victorian government has identified where it wants 2.5 million homes to be built, with Geelong, Melbourne's CBD and outer suburbs to do the heavy-lifting.

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Victoria’s premier unveils new housing targets for construction of 2.5m new homes by 2051

Jacinta Allan reveals Geelong will be set highest target for new homes, with City of Melbourne and Melton second and third

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Drugs, weapons, cash seized in major trafficking busts

Lengthy drug-trafficking investigations across three states have resulted in the seizure of dozens of weapons and almost a million dollars of drugs and cash.

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Police investigate after pro-Palestinian slogans graffitied on Canberra war memorial – as it happened

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Ducks culled as flu hits sixth Victorian farm

Flocks of ducks will be disposed of after bird flu has been detected at a sixth Victorian farm which was already in quarantine.

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