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NSW high schools will begin discussing ways to enforce a state-wide mobile phone ban to soon come into effect to improve children's learning outcomes.

As Ukraine emerges from a brutal winter, its armed forces prepare for an apparent major counteroffensive as Russia suffers battlefield losses in Donbas, and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton licks his wounds after the crushing loss to Labor in Saturday’s Aston byelection in Victoria.

The Newcastle Herald has examined the detail of a range of Labor commitments made during the recent NSW election campaign, including the party's costing requests and the responses.

Elections in New South Wales are always interesting, and this year’s has given us a week of suspense over whether the Minns Labor government would be a

Premier Chris Minns condemns One Nation NSW Leader Mark Latham for trying to "import Trump-style politics", saying his homophobic comments about independent MP Alex Greenwich make it impossible to work with him.

The Victorian premier has criticised the Liberal Party and Peter Dutton for the "nasty" rhetoric used in the lead-up to the Aston by-election.

NSW's Labor government will not work with One Nation leader Mark Latham at all and will begin a process that could again ban independent MP Gareth Ward

The NSW Labor government's hopes of governing in majority have ended, as ministers consider taking action against two newly-elected MPs.

The newly-elected NSW Labor government will not secure a majority in parliament, with counting in three close seats pushing two into Liberal territory. A

Ryde is the only count still in dispute as the Liberals hold on to Holsworthy and Terrigal, ABC election analyst Antony Green says

Labor falls short of a majority government in New South Wales as two of the remaining three seats go to the Liberal party — now only Ryde remains in doubt.