June 19, 2013 The disastrous $180 million Victorian school intranet could be scrapped at the end of the month prompting fears that months of student work and reports would be lost.

June 19, 2013 Almost half of Australia's most disadvantaged children don't get to play sport outside of school hours or take part in cultural activities such as music and dance lessons.

June 19, 2013 The High Court has accepted an indigenous woman's argument that alcohol restrictions on a Queensland island targeted indigenous people, but has rejected her bid to have the restrictions removed.

June 19, 2013 Adrian Ernest Bayley has been sentenced for the rape and murder of Jill Meagher on Wednesday morning.

June 19, 2013 The agency in charge of national literacy and numeracy tests has blamed principals and teachers for pressuring students to do well in the controversial exams.

June 19, 2013 Australian Defence Force investigating whether serving military personnel are linked to offensive Facebook pages that included grossly sexist and anti-Muslim posts - another blow to the military on the heels of the sex email affair.

June 19, 2013 Millions of dollars allegedly corruptly obtained from the PNG government siphoned to Australian banks, confidential banking documents reveal.

June 19, 2013 Unions are warning that frontline services across the state are at risk after NSW Treasurer Mike Baird announced further cuts to the public service, despite already axing thousands of jobs and shrinking departmental budgets.

June 19, 2013 At first it was miners and wharfies, then all sorts of tradesmen. Now a different generation of home renovators and others are being diagnosed with cancer after exposure to asbestos.

June 19, 2013 Karl Suleman, who was jailed for six years over an elaborate Ponzi scheme, has died.