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The Daily Telegraph

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Police were young and outgunned: Where was the back-up at Bondi?

One minute they were watching kids blow bubbles, and the next they were facing two terrorists intent on causing mass fatalities.

16.12.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

One idea would have transformed this sport. It’s been ignored

The greyhound industry in NSW is bedevilled by welfare concerns that have still not been addressed.

09.12.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

We asked Chris Minns about a potential family conflict of interest. He refused to answer

Premier Chris Minns’ brother works for the powerful Public Sector Union, which the opposition and ethics experts say he should disclose.

11.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

One bitter bloodbath has been won, now Lanyon has a bigger battle

The road to becoming NSW police commissioner is littered with leaks, rumours and white-anting. To unite the force, Mal Lanyon’s work really starts...

25.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

There’s a serious problem with this image of NSW’s top police officer

As NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb takes another step in her drawn out farewell, there is only once certainty about her replacement.

22.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

Private schools have a moral duty to pay council rates

North Sydney is one of many councils losing out on millions in revenue due to a rates exemption for schools. It’s time for these rich institutions...

01.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

‘A kind of monster’: Why does everyone hate universities?

Neither side of politics is giving universities the love they need, but the unis need to smarten up – for all our sakes.

28.06.2025 10

WA Today

Jordan Baker

‘A kind of monster’: Why does everyone hate universities?

Neither side of politics is giving universities the love they need, but the unis need to smarten up – for all our sakes.

28.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

‘A kind of monster’: Why does everyone hate universities?

Neither side of politics is giving universities the love they need, but the unis need to smarten up – for all our sakes.

28.06.2025 10

The Age

Jordan Baker

‘A kind of monster’: Why does everyone hate universities?

Neither side of politics is giving universities the love they need, but the unis need to smarten up – for all our sakes.

28.06.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Jordan Baker

Selective school fail: Why NSW has lost control of the beast it created

It’s time to stop prioritising the aspirations of politicians and parents and to focus on the interests of children. It’s time for serious and...

26.05.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

The toxic web that toppled NSW’s first female police commissioner

Karen Webb’s tenure has come to an abrupt and unexpected end after three years of leaks and attacks from powerful sections of the media.

07.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

How the bank of nan and pop is making our polarised school system even worse

At my old high school, in the 1990s, there wasn’t a single blade of grass. Year 11 had a patch of dust that perhaps once hosted plant life. There...

06.01.2025 8

WA Today

Jordan Baker

How the bank of nan and pop is making our polarised school system even worse

At my old high school, in the 1990s, there wasn’t a single blade of grass. Year 11 had a patch of dust that perhaps once hosted plant life. There...

06.01.2025 10

The Age

Jordan Baker

How the bank of nan and pop is making our polarised school system even worse

At my old high school, in the 1990s, there wasn’t a single blade of grass. Year 11 had a patch of dust that perhaps once hosted plant life. There...

06.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Jordan Baker

How the bank of nan and pop is making our polarised school system even worse

At my old high school, in the 1990s, there wasn’t a single blade of grass. Year 11 had a patch of dust that perhaps once hosted plant life. There...

06.01.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

I was once team Raygun. After her heavy-handed legal threats, no more

From where I sat, high in the rickety bleachers of the Olympic breaking stadium in Paris on that hot August day, Rachael Gunn’s performance didn’t...

18.12.2024 5

WA Today

Jordan Baker

I was once team Raygun. After her heavy-handed legal threats, no more

From where I sat, high in the rickety bleachers of the Olympic breaking stadium in Paris on that hot August day, Rachael Gunn’s performance didn’t...

18.12.2024 6

Brisbane Times

Jordan Baker

I was once team Raygun. After her heavy-handed legal threats, no more

From where I sat, high in the rickety bleachers of the Olympic breaking stadium in Paris on that hot August day, Rachael Gunn’s performance didn’t...

18.12.2024 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker

I was once team Raygun. After her heavy-handed legal threats, no more

From where I sat, high in the rickety bleachers of the Olympic breaking stadium in Paris on that hot August day, Rachael Gunn’s performance didn’t...

18.12.2024 10

The Age

Jordan Baker

The moment that cracked radio tough guy Ray Hadley

Ray Hadley, Sydney’s longest-surviving shock jock, is best known for his stridently delivered opinions, ability to strike fear into politicians’...

13.12.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Jordan Baker