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It’s Valentine’s Day and the rail union has broken Sydney commuters’ hearts

It’s Valentine’s Day and the rail union has broken Sydney commuters’ hearts

For workers and businesses, it was one to forget. Even the most sympathetic to the unions’ cause are tired of being used as bargaining chips.

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It was meant to be the Opera House for fish. Instead, there’s something rotten in Blackwattle Bay

It was meant to be the Opera House for fish. Instead, there’s something rotten in Blackwattle Bay

For five years, a stench has been growing around the damp squib that is the new Sydney Fish Market. Taxpayers should be tired of being on the hook.

13.02.2025 10

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Lattouf case raises questions about the ABC

Lattouf case raises questions about the ABC

Viewers expect ABC presenters and journalists to report without fear or favour. But to do that, staff must be assured their employer will back them.

12.02.2025 20

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It should be easier for young Australians to visit a GP

It should be easier for young Australians to visit a GP

It’s unacceptable that one in six Australians aged 25-34 feel they can’t afford to visit a doctor.

11.02.2025 10

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NSW’s proposed new hate laws feel somehow incomplete

NSW’s proposed new hate laws feel somehow incomplete

Premier Chris Minns has been strong and vigorous in confronting antisemitism, but his highly targeted response has inherent problems.

10.02.2025 10

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Democracy can’t be scrolled but should be promptly taught in our schools

Democracy can’t be scrolled but should be promptly taught in our schools

A parliamentary committee highlights new evidence that Australia’s school students know very little about how our country works.

09.02.2025 8

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Forestry Corp’s wooden-headed inflation of timber stats is no surprise

Forestry Corp’s wooden-headed inflation of timber stats is no surprise

On the eve of the expected announcement of the boundaries for the Great Koala National Park comes a disturbing revelation about the state...

07.02.2025 20

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Dutton picked it on mandatory sentencing and wagged the dog

Dutton picked it on mandatory sentencing and wagged the dog

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese allowed Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to best him as Australia struggles with an outbreak of antisemitism so he broke...

06.02.2025 7

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Trump’s Gaza policy is bizarrely dangerous and breaks international law

Trump’s Gaza policy is bizarrely dangerous and breaks international law

President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan will live in infamy as he resets the Middle East to more chaos.

05.02.2025 10

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Haylen says she didn’t want to be a ‘distraction’. Garbage. She quit because she was caught

Jo Haylen quits as minister for transport after having rudely discovered in politics there is no such thing as a free ride.

04.02.2025 10

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Trump tariff hikes will hit his most ardent supporters

Trump tariff hikes will hit his most ardent supporters

The Donald Trump march to chaos continues unimpeded in Washington DC.

03.02.2025 6

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Taking pleasure trips on public purse goes to political judgment

The Minns government’s most accident-prone minister comes a cropper again.

02.02.2025 9

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No place for disharmony and confusion in fighting antisemitism

No place for disharmony and confusion in fighting antisemitism

The federal and NSW governments seem to have difficulty in getting on the same page in jointly dealing with a new terrorism threat.

31.01.2025 9

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Proposed 40 per cent rate hike is democracy not at work on northern beaches

Proposed 40 per cent rate hike is democracy not at work on northern beaches

The NSW Liberal Party’s incompetence may have come at a huge cost to northern beaches ratepayers.

29.01.2025 10

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Dutton’s pledge to curb foreign buyers is a sleeper policy with real cut-through

Dutton’s pledge to curb foreign buyers is a sleeper policy with real cut-through

Australians have strongly backed a Coalition plan to stop foreign investors buying residential property,

28.01.2025 5

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The anniversary that shows why the Holocaust must never be forgotten

The anniversary that shows why the Holocaust must never be forgotten

New generations forget or do not know, but the dwindling number of Holocaust survivors can bear witness and remind us how close we may be to repeating...

26.01.2025 6

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Climate change calls for managed retreat from beachfront properties

The desired beachfront property is in danger of extinction thanks to climate change, and we should retreat slightly inland to survive.

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Australia Day roars back into favour in wake of Voice referendum

Support for Australia Day being celebrated on January 26 is stronger than ever.

23.01.2025 7

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Renters could get slice of parking on Sydney’s northern beaches

Home owners may have to share parking spaces at northern Sydney beaches with renters.

23.01.2025 20

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Mars, you’ve been warned: Donald Trump launches second term like a rocket

With rambling, ranting and retribution, the 21st century’s foremost political showman has given us a good glimpse at the next four years.

21.01.2025 3

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Mars, you’ve been warned: Donald Trump launches second term like a rocket

With rambling, ranting and retribution, the 21st century’s foremost political showman has given us a good glimpse at the next four years.

21.01.2025 6

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Mars, you’ve been warned: Donald Trump launches second term like a rocket

With rambling, ranting and retribution, the 21st century’s foremost political showman has given us a good glimpse at the next four years.

21.01.2025 6

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Joe Biden leaves little behind at the White House except Donald Trump

History may be kind to Joe Biden, but reality is more hard-hearted.

20.01.2025 8

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Wildfires across the Pacific offer timely lesson for bushfires

16.01.2025 10

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Our politics gets dirty but scrutinising leaders’ traits is worthwhile

14.01.2025 10

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Misinformation is like arson to a city on fire

13.01.2025 10

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Transparency essential to reassure buyers on development project processes

10.01.2025 2

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Los Angeles fires fan the flames of Trump’s political opportunism

09.01.2025 10

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Circular Quay should be Sydney’s crown jewel. Instead, $170m has been spent on nothing

Circular Quay is Sydney’s local infrastructure production of Waiting for Godot. There have always been grand visions and a plethora of plans,...

08.01.2025 10

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Memo to an increasingly unhinged Elon Musk: You’re not in charge of the world

On the eve of President-elect Donald Trump being inaugurated for a second term, his wingman – self-perpetuating businessman Elon Musk – is proving...

07.01.2025 3

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The Sydney street that prefers to keep homeless women sleeping in cars

The so-called Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) forces have chalked up some risible justifications, but few are so openly ludicrous as the reasons put...

06.01.2025 10

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Middle East conflict will be settled only when words replace weapons

The comment by Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon that neither he nor his country has done enough to provide Australians with a better understanding of...

06.01.2025 8

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Sydney’s wealthiest schools growing further out of reach

Fees for Sydney’s wealthiest private schools have been in lockstep with Sydney real estate but if house prices are stalling, school fees are...

03.01.2025 10

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The fifth Test on the SCG is Sydney’s time to shine

The sad news from New Orleans and Las Vegas yesterday was a tragic start to the New Year but today the Sydney Cricket Ground reminds us there is...

02.01.2025 8

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Labor saddles up old warhorse to enter election campaign fray

Medicare, for Labor, is a headland achievement and a useful battering ram come election time. The long history of Coalition hostility to a...

01.01.2025 2

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The more our housing crisis changes, the more it stays the same

Since the Australian dream of owning your own home became a kind of reality in the 1950s, federal governments have been united in fear of taking...

31.12.2024 1

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Sydney’s artificially inflated petrol prices don’t pass the pump test

Sydney is having an unusual Christmas/New Year holiday at the petrol bowser. Having topped 200.6¢ per litre earlier in the month, on Monday our...

31.12.2024 6

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Planning for schools must be front and centre of government policy

NSW has a history of inadequately planning for school infrastructure needs. Schools have closed, only for populations to boom in those areas,...

30.12.2024 10

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It’s time for the Building Commission to take a harder line on shoddy builders

As NSW attempts to build 378,000 new homes by July 2029, the state’s Building Commission finds itself with no shortage of work. Four in 10 new...

29.12.2024 3

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The asbestos-in-mulch emergency has a court sequel

Another page has turned in the asbestos-in-mulch emergency that engulfed Sydney at the start of the year, with a well-known property developer and...

27.12.2024 4

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Konstas dazzled on debut, but patience essential for such a young star

When Sam Konstas was nine, he dreamed of playing cricket for St George at Hurstville Oval one day. It was good enough for Don Bradman, after all. A...

26.12.2024 2

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Boxing Day tsunami a reminder we are all in harm’s way

Twenty years ago today, the rising and falling floor of the Indian Ocean sent tsunamis pouring over highly vulnerable coastal communities across...

25.12.2024 4

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Australian captured by Russia risks becoming bargaining chip

The capture of an Australian soldier by Russian forces has brought home the realisation that, in addition to death, foreign fighters risk being...

23.12.2024 3

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An extraordinary woman stood up to dozens of ordinary men – and exploded a myth

Criminal trials that attract the world’s attention almost always focus on the perpetrators. But Gisèle Pelicot upended that paradigm, and may have...

22.12.2024 3

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Australians don’t want a nuclear wasteland in their backyards

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s promise to build nuclear power stations will undoubtedly create immediate security and environmental conundrums,...

19.12.2024 4

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Don’t blame the MCA for new admission fee. Call out politicians who don’t value the arts

The decision by the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia to scrap free admission is a bellwether to Sydney’s arts sector still struggling...

18.12.2024 4

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Sydney’s rail union risks public safety with New Year’s Eve strike threat

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union’s threat of strike action in Sydney over the busy New Year period is an object lesson in how not to win friends and...

17.12.2024 8

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Calling time on the remaining Bali Nine members

Had they committed their crime in Australia, the so-called Bali Nine would have been out of jail years ago, but the diplomatic deal with the...

16.12.2024 4

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Council staff must not stifle the role of public debate and scrutiny

The role of a free press is a well-established cornerstone of Western democracies, and the right of public figures to question authorities openly is...

15.12.2024 3

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Dutton unveils his nuclear power policy but questions remain

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s nuclear power plan is one of those big ideas that has all but disappeared from the political landscape. But it...

13.12.2024 6

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