Bill Hayden obituary: Former Labor Party leader dies aged 90
Of several people seen as likely prime ministers of Australia who didn’t make it, Bill Hayden probably came closest.
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Of several people seen as likely prime ministers of Australia who didn’t make it, Bill Hayden probably came closest.
The one-time Labor Party leader and governor general was a popular and distinctive leader, once destined to become prime minister
The comedian, actor and writer has moved back to his home town of Brisbane and wants to create opportunities to “stop people like me moving away”.
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Queensland will review its sex education protocols in schools after learning of a sexual abuse epidemic among teenagers. Chanel Contos, a 22-year-old Kambala School alumni in Sydney, drew attention to the crisis after creating a petition demanding more thorough lessons on consent in classrooms. What started as a Sydney-based petition highlighting a damaging culture among elite private schools soon spread nationwide. Some 5,000 victims have shared harrowing testimonies of being sexually abused as teenagers - with some not realising until years later that they were victims. The 22-year-old Ka...