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The headmaster of the prestigious Melbourne Catholic boys' school St Kevin's College has resigned after it was revealed he'd given a character reference for a sports coach who was convicted of grooming a pupil at the school.

Social commentator and Guardian Australia journalist David Marr says institutions that try to protect themselves when they've done wrong must be hit where it hurts - in the hip pocket.

It's alleged Rowan Baxter, a Brisbane father of three who's a former NRL player and who owns a personal training business, set alight a car carrying his former wife and their three children.

'The straw that breaks the camels back' - that's how social workers are describing the end point facing many workers who simply can't afford life basic necessities after being underpaid for years.

As Bashar al-Assad pledges to continue the onslaught in Syria, saying complete victory is in sight, one UN advisor says the international community has failed to protect some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

There's a growing push against the manufacturers that don't want you or your repairman to fix your device. The Right to Repair movement has seen laws passed in Europe in recent months to make repair easier and cheaper.

Bosses say if a plan to make wage theft a crime goes ahead, prices will rise and it'll cost jobs - but are they letting careless companies off the hook? And under pressure over the COVID virus, China's now faced with another damaging leak of official documents on its mass detention of up Muslim Uighurs.

The main group representing bosses says jobs will be at risk if the government moves to criminalise wage theft, a plan suggested by the Federal Attorney General. Coles, has confessed to underpaying its workers by about $20 million.

The Federal Government's revealed its plans for extensive testing of any Australians who want to leave Diamond Princess cruise ship, currently stuck off Japan, as it attempts to prevent any further spread of the COVID-19 virus.

Growing a long beard, wearing a head veil and having a passport are among the reasons Chinese officials cite on newly revealed official documents to justify putting up to a million Uighur Muslims into what it calls re-education camps.