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The latest NAPLAN results show Australian students are struggling with literacy and numeracy, and the City of Melbourne has banned e-scooters, saying they ‘create havoc’.

Editorial: If the startling incursion helps to reshape the conflict, it will do so by resetting the narrative. But it could come at a high price

As heart-warming as it was to see thousands of anti-racism protesters rallied in towns and cities across last week, the sad truth is that love has not yet defeated the hate we saw on our streets when the far-Right went on their rioting rampages. In homes across the country families…

Immigrants aren’t to blame for a society designed to benefit the richest – and it’s time Labour started telling the public so, says writer and academic Maya Goodfellow

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Let's face it, yesterday's newsletter was something of a downer. You wanted to enjoy the warmest day of the year with a Cornetto and Aperol Spritz but instead you were greeted with 500 words on energy efficiency and access to low-cost finance. So let's make it up today, with the…

Talk about “weird”. First, Elon Musk boldly promised that his conversation with Donald Trump was about to begin live on X. Fifteen minutes later, the sound of silence was deafening. Trump and Musk fans began panicking. Can you hear anything, they tweeted nervously? Nope, me neither. Musk eventually popped up…

Both claim they are part of a bright new dawn, but last night the politician could only slur inanities, and the tech boss made a hash of the tech, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The former president is in freefall. But there is no room to ignore the immense danger he still poses, says Arwa Mahdawi