Kate Lyons

Exclusive: NDIA defines machine learning as a subset of AI that uses algorithms to learn from data and make decisions or predictions

Some NDIS participants with disabilities are forced to choose between living at home in an unsafe environment or staying indefinitely in hospital

Exclusive: The federal government paid big law firms more than $60m in 2024-25 to fight NDIS participants appealing decisions about their care packages. Most families represent themselves

Case in which parents were not told centre was in the ‘very high risk’ cohort illustrates a glaring safety gap, critics argue

One group of marchers complained about vaccines while Indigenous and pro-Palestinian groups took to streets against racism

First Steps Learning Academy in Bangor apologises and stands down educator as regulator investigates and mother blames daycare centre

Hearing people yelling about immigrants, I thought it was hilarious. They were denying their own history

The March for Australia demonstrations were promoted by neo-Nazis, anti-lockdown figures and other fringe groups

Agencies claim Islamic revolutionary guard behind arson attacks on Bondi kosher kitchen and Melbourne synagogue via a ‘layer cake’ of intermediaries

Older people living unsafely, ending up in hospital or being forced prematurely into care as the waitlist for aged care home support balloons

Advocates warn increased costs for basic assistance like showers and wound cleaning will push older people into aged care or hospital

‘The more I look, the more horrified I am – there’s no end to the things that keep coming through,’ NSW upper house member says

Review after review has made recommendations to government that have never been implemented. It’s time to take childcare safety out of the too-hard basket and commit to real reform

Senior reporter Kate Lyons speaks to Reged Ahmad on whether there is value in preparing for an apocalypse that may never come

Michelle Rowland says ‘consistency’ across jurisdictions will ensure workers banned in one state or territory are ‘banned in all’, but rules out national scheme

Head of NSW police child sex abuse squad also advises parents to report concerns directly to police – not their childcare centre

Once a secretive subculture, survivalism has edged into the mainstream. But what happens if you dedicate your life to preparing for civilisation to collapse and doomsday never comes?

Major flood warning remains in place along Namoi River as parts of coastline receive almost double August monthly rainfall in eight days

New data shows the childcare abuse crisis runs far deeper than the government’s proposed fixes. Parents and experts say the system requires children to provide evidence of their own abuse before authorities can act

Alleged offender was partner of woman running the service, operating at a private home in NSW. The girl’s parents ‘had no idea’ he lived there