Speaker 1: This is the latest from your news feed. It's Thursday,
Speaker 1: the twentieth of June. An eight year old boy took
Speaker 1: an illegal replica assault rifle to a Sydney school, forcing
Speaker 1: a class into lockdown and sparking a police investigation into
Speaker 1: how it ended up in the boy's hands. Staff at
Speaker 1: the primary school in the city's Hills district called police
Speaker 1: on Tuesday afternoon when teachers saw the boy take the
Speaker 1: large item from his backpack to show friends. The Daily
Speaker 1: Telegraph has been told the boy did not threaten anyone
Speaker 1: and no one was harmed, but that he told his
Speaker 1: class teacher that he took it to school to show
Speaker 1: his mates. Elite private schools are exempting poorly performing students
Speaker 1: from National Naplan tests in a bid to improve their
Speaker 1: overall scores. A new research paper from the University of
Speaker 1: Melbourne says pupils who receive low grades in nap Plan
Speaker 1: were much more likely to be pulled out of the
Speaker 1: tests in subsequent years, mainly at the request of their parents.
Speaker 1: This is twice as likely to happen in private schools
Speaker 1: than state schools, and researchers say it's consistent with them
Speaker 1: attempting to gain the system and protect their brands. We'll
Speaker 1: be back after this. Queensland's political leaders are bitterly divided
Speaker 1: over the state's nuclear future, with all levels of government
Speaker 1: at odds over the safety and economic viability of the
Speaker 1: controversial energy plan. Federal Opposition leader Peter Dutton's plan to
Speaker 1: build seven nuclear power plants across Australia, including two in Queensland,
Speaker 1: was rejected by Premier Stephen Miles and the LNP leader,
Speaker 1: and cameras to catch Adelaide drivers distracted by mobile phones
Speaker 1: has now been switched on, with hefty fines for those
Speaker 1: court breaking the law. More than seventy thousand drivers were
Speaker 1: called using their mobile phones in two months of testing,
Speaker 1: with motorists given a three month grace period. We'll have
Speaker 1: an update to your newsfeed tomorrow