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The Minns government has confirmed its long-awaited great koala national park, announcing it will add 176,000 hectares of forest to existing reserves in mid-north New South…

The NSW environment watchdog sat on a report for four years linking elevated levels of lead in children’s blood to current mining, and promised mining companies…

Research from Friends of the Earth Cymru has found that at least 45,000 sites across Wales could be contaminated with toxic waste but have never been…

A teenager given a 15-year sentence for attempting to murder three people at her school in south-west Wales when she was 13 had been considered for…

Ministers will legislate next month to abolish most short prison sentences, toughen up community punishments and introduce a Texas-inspired system whereby inmates can earn early release…

Mia Headington found out she had dyslexia the day before her first GCSE exam, but the diagnosis didn’t faze her. Opening her results envelope on Thursday…

Overall rise in grades; gap between boys and girls narrows in GCSE resultsThere has been an overall rise in grades among 16-year-olds taking GCSEs and the…

Restriction zones aimed at “locking” violent offenders – rather than their victims – into specific areas when they are released from prison are to be introduced…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureWALLAROOS (1-15): Faliki Pohiva, Katalina Amosa, Bridie O’Gorman, Kaitlan Leaney, Michaela Leonard, Piper Duck, Emily…

Attacks on prison officers and the number of inmate deaths in England and Wales have soared to record levels, according to official figures.Ministry of Justice statistics…