Two students were expelled from Yarra Valley Grammar school for creating a list ranking female peers. Image source: Pixabay, Pexels. Two boys have been expelled from an elite Melbourne private school for allegedly circulating an offensive list ranking their female peers’ attractiveness. Yarra Valley Grammar school staff discovered screenshots of a spreadsheet uploaded to social…
Israel launches air strikes on Rafah despite Hamas accepting ceasefire proposal. Source: UN Photo. Hamas has agreed to a proposal for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war, but Israel said the terms were far from acceptable and fired strikes on Rafah overnight. The proposal was put forward and mediated by Qatar and Egypt on Monday 6…
An orangutan was observed using medicinal plants to heal an injury. Image source: Wilfredor, via Wikimedia Commons A Sumatran orangutan has become the first wild animal observed to use a medicinal plant to topically heal a wound. The behaviour was observed by report co-author and field researcher Ulil Azhari in the Suaq Balimbing research area…
A panel has provided recommendations to improve literacy levels in Australian students. Image Source: Rorozoa, via Freepik Recent findings from the Literacy and Numeracy Education Expert Panel have recommended overhauling the assessment strategy and centralising literacy education in the ACT. The panel was set up in late 2023 after reports found that one third of…
Pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested across several US college campuses. Source: Jeremy Lindenfeld, X. More than 2000 pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested across multiple United States college campuses over the past several weeks. At least 200 people were arrested at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) early Thursday 2 May, after resisting instructions to…
Dan Schneider sues Quiet on Set for defamation and falsely implying he sexually abused children on his TV shows. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Former Nickelodeon producer and writer Dan Schneider has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Investigation Discovery docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. According to the lawsuit filed on Wednesday…
Saudi women’s rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi was arrested for wearing “indecent” clothes and was sentenced to 11 years in prison for “terrorist” charges. Image source: Manahel Alotibi, via Instagram. Saudi women’s rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi was sentenced to 11 years in prison for “terrorist offences” after a secret hearing by the Specialized Criminal Court. Amnesty…
Israeli attacks on Gaza have prompted the rival Palestinian factions to discuss reconciliation in Beijing, China. Image source: N509FZ, via Wikimedia Commons. Reconciliation talks between rival Palestinian political factions Fatah and Hamas recently took place in China. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian confirmed Beijing hosted the representatives’ discussions at a press conference on Tuesday…
Senator Pauline Hanson faces trial for alleged racist discrimination against Senator Mehreen Faruqi. Image source: jfish92, via Wikimedia Commons. Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi has launched a defamation trial against One Nation leader Pauline Hanson over allegations of racist discrimination. The Federal Court of Australia heard evidence that Hanson is a “well-known, long-standing, and prolific…
The short-faced kangaroo, or Simosthenurus occidentalis, went extinct over 40,000 years ago. Image source: denisbin, via Flickr. Researchers have discovered a near-complete fossil of an extinct short-faced kangaroo, estimated to be 50,000 years old. Found in the undisturbed Nightshade Cave in East Gippsland, Victoria, the specimen is one of the most complete found in Australia.…