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The stress on NSW hospitals is real, and should be taken seriously

The stress on NSW hospitals is real, and should be taken seriously

While the statewide picture is grim, alarm bells are sounding loudly at one of the most controversial institutions: the Northern Beaches Hospital.

yesterday 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

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US risks political violence becoming contagious

US risks political violence becoming contagious

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is forbidding moment for America. No matter how deep and emotional the disagreement, political violence is never the...

thursday 10

WA Today

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US risks political violence becoming contagious

US risks political violence becoming contagious

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is forbidding moment for America. No matter how deep and emotional the disagreement, political violence is never the...

thursday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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US risks political violence becoming contagious

US risks political violence becoming contagious

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is forbidding moment for America. No matter how deep and emotional the disagreement, political violence is never the...

thursday 10

The Age

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US risks political violence becoming contagious

US risks political violence becoming contagious

The assassination of Charlie Kirk is forbidding moment for America. No matter how deep and emotional the disagreement, political violence is never the...

thursday 7

Brisbane Times

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Crucial decisions are ahead in the never-ending climate wars

Crucial decisions are ahead in the never-ending climate wars

Australia’s green credentials will be put to the test on three fronts

10.09.2025 10

WA Today

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Crucial decisions are ahead in the never-ending climate wars

Crucial decisions are ahead in the never-ending climate wars

Australia’s green credentials will be put to the test on three fronts

10.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Crucial decisions are ahead in the never-ending climate wars

Crucial decisions are ahead in the never-ending climate wars

Australia’s green credentials will be put to the test on three fronts

10.09.2025 10

The Age

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Crucial decisions are ahead in the never-ending climate wars

Crucial decisions are ahead in the never-ending climate wars

Australia’s green credentials will be put to the test on three fronts

10.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

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How Great Koala park can be a win for environment and local workers

How Great Koala park can be a win for environment and local workers

There are solid economic arguments behind the state government’s move to declare a new national park – provided the federal government also gets...

08.09.2025 6

WA Today

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How Great Koala park can be a win for environment and local workers

How Great Koala park can be a win for environment and local workers

There are solid economic arguments behind the state government’s move to declare a new national park – provided the federal government also gets...

08.09.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

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How Great Koala park can be a win for environment and local workers

How Great Koala park can be a win for environment and local workers

There are solid economic arguments behind the state government’s move to declare a new national park – provided the federal government also gets...

08.09.2025 5

Brisbane Times

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Broken Hill lead report buried by a bureaucracy with other concerns

Broken Hill lead report buried by a bureaucracy with other concerns

A report into lead contamination in children’s blood in Broken Hill took too long to see the light of day.

06.09.2025 9

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In strife torn times, two local Sydney heroes show us the way forward

In strife torn times, two local Sydney heroes show us the way forward

Many certainties seem to be unravelling, but a pair of western Sydney doctors remind us of the values that stand.

04.09.2025 6

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The premier once called a dictator finds his tribe

The premier once called a dictator finds his tribe

Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has trashed his legacy by posing with rogues and international pariahs.

03.09.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Bob Katter’s eccentricities are no longer a joke

Bob Katter has forged a long career playing the country bumpkin to annoy city folk. But tolerance has surely run out for his one-man band.

02.09.2025 7

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Hard times claims by pokie clubs are breaking our hearts

Hard times claims by pokie clubs are breaking our hearts

In the face of government inertia, clubs have the temerity to cry poor to prey on their weakest customers.

01.09.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Women have the need, men seem to have the power

Women have the need, men seem to have the power

The single most common disease shared by Australian women in response to our ongoing investigation.

30.08.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Bizarre diplomatic slight from US highlights parlous state of relations

Bizarre diplomatic slight from US highlights parlous state of relations

The Australia defence minister’s ear was flicked by the Pentagon until Washington realised the mistake.

29.08.2025 10

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Decisive action against Iran sends welcome message against antisemitism

Iranian diplomats have been expelled after ASIO found evidence Tehran had been promoting antisemitism in Australia.

28.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Drowning statistics reveal dangerous currents for grandparents

Drowning statistics reveal dangerous currents for grandparents

Australia has put in a lot of work waterproofing children but a new report suggests grandparents need saving too.

27.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Coalition out of step on net zero emissions

Coalition out of step on net zero emissions

The Albanese government nears its current net zero target but 2035 is an entirely different ball game.

26.08.2025 10

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Runaway CEO pay unites political opposition to snouts in trough

Runaway CEO pay unites political opposition to snouts in trough

The eye-watering amounts earned by Australian chief executives have largely bypassed fellow workers but when they find out, watch out.

25.08.2025 10

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Labor roundtable timidity shows boldness is the only way ahead

When key people gather, something really significant may occur. It did not happen at the economic reform roundtable.

22.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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The backyard experiment that exposed the swaths who want help with gambling

Counsellor Gareth Wyatt is helping tackle gambling addiction among young men in the suburbs of Sydney.

19.08.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Great baby divide could prove a reckoning for Sydney real estate

The number of births climbs in Sydney’s western suburbs, but inner-city neighbourhoods are increasingly childless.

18.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Teachers are the backbone of society. So why do so few people apply?

The growing perception that the status of the teaching profession has declined is not helped by the low bar offered by university entrance...

17.08.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Ignored and dismissed, women raise voices against medical misogyny

Our series has prompted thousands of women to tell their harrowing stories.

16.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Tougher laws on vaping, illegal tobacco may struggle to hold back the tide

A Herald investigation shows the extent of illegal tobacco and vaping across inner Sydney.

14.08.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

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ACTU’s four-day work week may be economic roundtable’s Big Idea

The ACTU less is more proposal may not suit everyone, but a four-day week is an idea certainly worth discussing.

13.08.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

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What Albanese must do following his move on Palestinian statehood

The Albanese government joins the push for a two-state solution in the Middle East.

12.08.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Grasping defamation lawyers a threat to public interest journalism

While the country needs defamation laws, a number of recent cases expose serious flaws in the system.

12.08.2025 10

WA Today

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Grasping defamation lawyers a threat to public interest journalism

While the country needs defamation laws, a number of recent cases expose serious flaws in the system.

12.08.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Grasping defamation lawyers a threat to public interest journalism

While the country needs defamation laws, a number of recent cases expose serious flaws in the system.

12.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

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A US-brokered peace deal in Ukraine demands a sacrificial lamb

The US and Russia are going to talk peace in Ukraine, but a vital player is set to be missing in action.

10.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Sydney wins unwanted title: the capital of real estate underquoting

Underquoting has reached pandemic proportions in Sydney’s property market.

09.08.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

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AI copyright exemption idea has set the robot among the pigeons

The Productivity Commission recommendation to give Big Tech free access top Australia’s copyrighted work is naive.

07.08.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Chalmers needs to show some courage to help save Australian economy

The Albanese government seems to be losing its nerve on the Economic Reform Roundtable.

06.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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NSW politics must be rid of pestilent rapist MP

Disgraced NSW independent MP Gareth Ward is refusing to quit politics after his sexual assault convictions.

05.08.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Digital upgrade costs are turning Opal into a wild card

The long-awaited upgrade of the Opal ticketing system has drifted further into the future amid vaulting costs.

04.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Under-regulated childcare centres allow children to become easy prey

A series of childcare centre workers being arrested on alleged child abuse demands a government rethink on the industry.

03.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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New trade war looms as Trump’s disruptive tariffs become reality

Australia dodged a bullet with US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but they may not make America any greater.

01.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Earth to Macquarie Street: How much more evidence is needed on dirty money and pokies?

NSW governments have promised gambling reform for years but only the venues have changed.

31.07.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Starmer’s linking ceasefire to statehood is risky business

Australia opts not to follow Britain in making ceasefire a condition for Palestinian statehood.

30.07.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Boost for e-bike commuters could be the new work from home

The Minns government is looking at a radical proposal to pay cyclists to ride to work

29.07.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

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CFMEU stain on our society must be removed

It’s a year since the Herald’s investigation blew the lid on the union’s rotten conduct. Too little has changed.

27.07.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Starvation in Gaza is despicable and must be a turning point in this hideous war

In his strongest language on the Gaza conflict, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese warns Israel to comply with international law.

25.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Economic summit in danger of becoming a bureaucratic gabfest

There is concern that invitees to Labor’s Economic Reform Roundtable are not diverse enough.

24.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Internal wars erupt as idea of political wilderness begins to dawn

Australia’s small and once-influential political parties have turned to their own internecine wars on the day the lopsided 48th federal parliament...

23.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Government all at sea on toxic algal bloom

Bushfires and floods trigger Canberra concerns, but toxic algae blooms are allowed to devastate the Australian coastline without federal intervention.

22.07.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

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