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Most dangerous places to swim in NSW They’re the idyllic swim spots spruiked on Instagram and beautiful beaches lists, but many are also notorious drowning locations. Travel by Gillian McNally Premium Content Subscriber only Theyre the secluded beaches and Insta-worthy waterways luring swimmers on balmy days, but amid a deadly drowning season, authorities are warning many can turn fatal. Lifesavers have renewed calls for swimmers to stick to patrol...

‘We will never forget him’: Parents mourn school captain son The family of a “loving, caring” 15-year-old who died at a river waterhole have called for more government drowning prevention measures. News by Georgia Clark Premium Content Subscriber only The heartbroken family of a "visionary" 15-year-old school captain who drowned at a waterhole last week have urged the government to do more to prevent other lives being lost as the na...

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Experts say that we are almost total slaves to online algorithms when it comes to many aspects of our daily life.

Principals will be forced to increase class sizes and scrap subjects because there are not enough teachers to fill vacancies days before classes start.

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Experts say that we are almost total slaves to online algorithms when it comes to many aspects of our daily life.

Three days before school starts principals are struggling to find enough temporary teachers to fill more than 1200 permanent vacancies. Principals this week will be forced to increase class sizes and scrap subjects because there are not enough teachers. The teacher shortage is a full-blown crisis, according to NSW Secondary Principals Council president Craig Petersen. "We are not heading towards a crisis, we are already in crisis," Mr Petersen said. The public school system was short 1250 ...

  "During COVID content consumption has doubled to 6:59 hours per day. Our eyes are glued to our device screens and with the help of algorithms companies can now inject content straight into consumers everyday lives," she said. "Algorithms prioritise the content that we consume including things like what we see, when we see it, how prominent it is and how long we see it for. They sort the posts in our feed by relevancy and timeliness. "They influence a third of our decisions on major sho...

Principals will be forced to increase class sizes and scrap subjects because there are not enough teachers to fill vacancies days before classes start.

  "During COVID content consumption has doubled to 6:59 hours per day. Our eyes are glued to our device screens and with the help of algorithms companies can now inject content straight into consumers everyday lives," she said. "Algorithms prioritise the content that we consume including things like what we see, when we see it, how prominent it is and how long we see it for. They sort the posts in our feed by relevancy and timeliness. "They influence a third of our decisions on major sho...

Health by Jane Hansen Premium Content Subscriber only They a mighty little Australians; born extremely premature, they had the odds stacked against them, some were born so early they were in the grey zone of viability. Advances in medical expertise and technology means these babies now have a good chance of survival but they still face an obstacle course of infections, surgeries, brain bleeds, bowel complications, breathing and feeding issues. But they have co...