Teenagers at NSW government high schools are being forced to part with their mobile phones in the classroom in the hope it will raise academic standards.
A man and three children are believed to be dead after a light plane crashed and burst into flames near Gundaroo, with police working through the wreckage.
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Two One Nation MPs, including former NSW leader Mark Latham, have quit the party and accused officials of wrongly funnelling state funds into federal hands.