Almost half of students in the year group are not meeting proficiency standards in grammar and punctuation, but for those just a few years older, the NAPLAN results tell a different story.

Australia's Kaylee McKeown defeats American Regan Smith in a thrilling 100m backstroke final in Singapore.

A major figure in Australian cultural institutions is set to take the reins of Brisbane Festival as artistic director.

Lucy Haslam is co-founder of United in Compassion and The Australian Medicinal Cannabis Association.

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National results in the benchmark test this year remain static, but Victorian students have shown marked improvement.

Commentators are stunned as star Australian fielder Glenn Maxwell drops an easy catch against the West Indies early in the fifth T20I.

Controversial Brisbane five-eighth Ezra Mam has been encouraged not dial down his aggression after standing over the top of ...

A complaint about educators left alone with children at the centre where Joshua Brown is accused of child abuse is among a ...

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is under threat from an emerging populist bloc on her party’s right flank, threatening splinters ...

Nathan Lyon was trying to be careful, but there was no denying the sting in his assessment of what England might have done ...

Largely set against the pastel-hued backdrop of the boys’ family’s beach house, and scored heavily by hits from Taylor Swift ...