aus/pol/    > the teachers union is pushing the state government to trial a four-day working week for teachers and other staff at public schools, as part of a wider plan to tackle victorias chronic school workforce shortage.   > the nsw labor government will defer the payment of $250 million in royalties for five years and implement rapid assessments for critical minerals projects as the state looks to cash in on a mining boom that will be crucial to clean energy manufacturing.   > an indigenous community leader who once ran as a federal candidate for the greens and is now fighting drug smuggling charges in japan has had a trial date set.
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