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Australia was good to Harry and Meghan. Now they want to use us as an ATM

This is no royal visit but a continuation of tone-deaf money-making by a couple estranged from reality.

13.04.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Australia was good to Harry and Meghan. Now they want to use us as an ATM

This is no royal visit but a continuation of tone-deaf money-making by a couple estranged from reality.

13.04.2026 10

The Age

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Australia was good to Harry and Meghan. Now they want to use us as an ATM

This is no royal visit but a continuation of tone-deaf money-making by a couple estranged from reality.

13.04.2026 10

WA Today

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Australia was good to Harry and Meghan. Now they want to use us as an ATM

This is no royal visit but a continuation of tone-deaf money-making by a couple estranged from reality.

13.04.2026 10

Brisbane Times

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Rare bright spot in an area dogged by lobbying and political backflips

An exemption that allowed hundreds of pubs and clubs to extend gaming between 4am and 10am has been clawed back by the Minns government.

25.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

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The winners and losers in brutal battle for Sydney radio supremacy

The Sydney radio market, where kings and queens are crowned – or decapitated – with astonishing speed, is undergoing a seismic shift.

19.03.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

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The chilling story we’ve thrown everything at covering

I believe it is the media’s job to call out white supremacists and make sure the public knows how serious the threat is.

14.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Sorry, but I struggle to get outraged about Trump’s White House renos

There has been more outrage over the demolition of a boring building than there has been over the US president’s musings about a third term.

31.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Watching our premier chat to UFC boss Dana White made me feel physically sick

If people want to go to UFC events in Sydney, good luck to them. But I do question the wisdom of spending taxpayer funding on the glorification of...

07.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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