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.…
Haitian prime minister Ariel Henry has resigned as the Caribbean nation is plunged into gang warfare. Image source: Ariel Henry, via X. The prime minister of Haiti Ariel Henry formally resigned on Thursday 25 April as gang violence escalates in the Caribbean nation’s capital of Port-au-Prince. A transitional council of seven voting members and two…
Seven teenagers were detained in Sydney after a counterterrorism raid. Image source: Highway Patrol Images, via Flickr. Seven teenagers have been arrested in a series of counterterrorism raids following the “religiously motivated” stabbing of a Sydney bishop. New South Wales Police confirmed in a statement on Wednesday 24 April that over 400 officers carried out…
New data has reported higher emissions from Western Australia as the state struggles to decarbonise. Image source Brian Voon Yee Yap, via Wikimedia Commons. New data shows that Western Australia’s levels of emissions have risen, allegedly impacting Australia’s broader net zero goal. The federal government of Australia has legislated commitments to reduce emissions to 43…