Zacharias Szumer

A new Scanlon Foundation Research Institute’s Mapping Social Cohesion 2025 report reveals that Australians, especially younger generations, feel less connected to the nation than ever before, with economic stress and loneliness driving the decline.

Protesters at the annual Bush Summit event also used tractors and fire engines to block Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan from leaving.

In Australian schools, teachers are permitted to physically restrain and seclude students under exceptional circumstances. But parents and experts say the misuse of these practices is commonplace and that children with disability are given 'no credence' when it comes to reporting.