SYDNEY - An autism awareness group founded by parents will receive $300,000 from the NSW government to make a film to educate schoolchildren about the disorder.

The grant is part of a $1 million package to boost services in the state for children with a disability or developmental disorders and their families and carers.

MELBOURNE - Children who survived Black Saturday have become victims yet again as thieves keep targeting schools in bushfire-affected areas.

Six desktop computers valued at more than $7000 were stolen overnight from Marysville Primary School, which was rebuilt and opened earlier this year after it was destroyed by the February 2009 fires.

SYDNEY - The results are in, and the Labor government led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been returned to power.

Well, not quite.

But that's what would happen if Australian teenagers were to decide the outcome of the 2010 federal election, according to a mock poll which asked 15-17-year-olds to cast their ballot.

BRISBANE - A teacher and two tradesmen have received bravery medals for protecting students during a knife siege in a Gold Coast school playground.

Natalie Dove was on yard duty at Marymount Catholic College on September 16, 2008, when she was held at knifepoint while trying to defuse a confrontation between students and a gang of trespassing youths.