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SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWhen Emilia Crino took her child to a new high school, teachers pounced when they found out she taught Italian for a living.“And they said, ‘Do you want a job?’”The offer, which she declined, came as little surprise to the St Mary’s Cathedral College language teacher due to the chronic shortage in the profession across the state.Emilia Crino teaches Italian to a year 6 class at St Mary’s Cathedral College..Edwina PicklesWhile research consistently points to broader cognitive benefits of learning a foreign language, enrolments…
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAFuel suppliers and the Albanese government are bracing for a fresh wave of panic buying before the end of the month, as motorists scramble to buy cheaper petrol and diesel before a 32¢-a-litre discount ends.On Saturday, Energy Minister Chris Bowen played down speculation that the fuel excise cut would be extended, saying it had only ever been intended to run for three months and would only be continued due to unforeseen circumstances.Australia is bracing for another round of petrol panic buying. Max Mason-Hubers“It was…
June 14, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe NRL Integrity Unit invoked special measures to extend its powers in 2019 to ensure it was across the entirety of Ashley Klein’s betting activities.The Herald on Friday revealed the leading NRL referee, who will take charge of Wednesday’s State of Origin match, was allowed to officiate in the code’s biggest games despite having had a gambling problem that cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars.Ashley Klein is down to referee the second match of the Origin series on Wednesday…
June 14, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAFor the past decade, John and Jane Rose have spent half the year in France on their riverboat, living their dream for a remarkably low cost. I caught up with them just before their departure this year.Fitz: John, mon ami, let’s get to the backstory first. When did you two meet?The Eben Haezer, owned by John and Jane Rose. JR: In 1993, Jane was at university studying, and I was working in another university as an administrator, and it was…
Munir Ahmed, Will Weissert and Sam MednickJune 14, 2026 — 4:49amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThe United States and Iran once again appear close to a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz.Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that a deal aimed at ending the war in the Middle East is closer than ever before and expected to be finalised within 24 hours. Pakistan is preparing for the electronic signing of the agreement, followed by technical-level talks next week.President Donald Trump in the…
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAShort-term rental rules at some of Australia’s most popular tourist beaches could face a dramatic overhaul in a push to return hundreds of holiday homes to Sydney’s housing market.Waverley Council is considering a plan to halve the number of days non-hosted short-term holiday rentals can be leased each year, reducing the current limit from 180 days to 90 days across the 2026 postcode, spanning Bondi, Bondi Beach, North Bondi and Tamarama.Waverley Council has proposed an overhaul of short-term holiday letting rules.Edwina PicklesThe proposal, due…
Updated June 14, 2026 — 5:15am,first published 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAVancouver: Socceroos fans tell you they have spent more than $15,000 to be in North America for the 2026 World Cup, so when they enter BC Stadium in Vancouver to watch Australia play Turkiye on Sunday (AEST) and see that a beer costs more than $20, they might not be too shocked.Downtown Vancouver is overrun with green and gold, building on a smattering of Socceroos jerseys that appeared at the start of last week. Now, Australian football…
June 14, 2026 — 5:00amSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAThere are plenty of celebrities people love to hate, and a select few where the hating is particularly satisfying. Such is the case with Hollywood actor-turned-entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow, whose icy blonde superiority both fascinates and repels.This week Paltrow found herself freshly reviled due to two things she did.Actor-turned-entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow’s icy blonde superiority fascinates and repels. GC ImagesFirst, she starred in a promotion for an Israeli luxury apartment development. It is a slick advertisement which owes a lot to the…
With Saturday’s shark attack and a horror summer, it is hard as an ocean-loving Sydneysider not to feel under siege.
SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAWhat in the World, a free weekly newsletter from our foreign correspondents, is sent every Thursday. Below is an excerpt. Sign up to get the whole newsletter delivered to your inbox.Penang, Malaysia: Someone is violently dry-heaving in the waiting room outside our meeting space. Khairul, though, doesn’t bat an eyelid, so I pretend not to notice and carry on with another question.Is it possible, I ask, to go back to the refugee camp and see your parents?Khairul (left) and Minara at MSF’s clinic in…