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UTS’s needless backflip damages reputation

Higher purpose makes unis different from other businesses but the University of Technology of Sydney has hurt itself by choosing the balance sheet...

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Council flower power spend emits a bad bouquet

Council flower power spend emits a bad bouquet

Sydney City Council cops heaps for spending a motza on CBD beautification program.

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Council kowtows to developers with affordable housing backflip

Council kowtows to developers with affordable housing backflip

Frenchs Forest town centre was meant to be made up of 10 per cent cheaper housing in a plan to increase density but that has been drastically reduced.

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Change of Liberal leader breathes new life into NSW politics

Change of Liberal leader breathes new life into NSW politics

The NSW Liberals have been swinging in the breeze. Kellie Sloane’s arrival will rejuvenate the party.

24.11.2025 10

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The policeman who held the thin blue line

The policeman who held the thin blue line

The late Clive Small was the best of NSW Police.

21.11.2025 10

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Importing Russian oil is pouring blood on troubled waters. It’s time to act

Importing Russian oil is pouring blood on troubled waters. It’s time to act

The Albanese government must act to stop super funds and oil companies helping prop up the evil Russian war effort.

19.11.2025 6

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UN Gaza resolution moves from ceasefire to rebuild

UN Gaza resolution moves from ceasefire to rebuild

US President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza gets the nod from the international community.

18.11.2025 5

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Weak Liberal Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

Weak Liberal Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

Any moderate with a shred of self-respect would step off the frontbench in protest at what has unfolded.

17.11.2025 10

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Weak Liberal Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

Weak Liberal Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

Any moderate with a shred of self-respect would step off the frontbench in protest at what has unfolded.

17.11.2025 10

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Weak Liberal Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

Weak Liberal Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

Any moderate with a shred of self-respect would step off the frontbench in protest at what has unfolded.

17.11.2025 7

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Weak Liberal Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

Weak Liberal Party ‘moderates’ as shameless as internal net zero opponents

Any moderate with a shred of self-respect would step off the frontbench in protest at what has unfolded.

17.11.2025 10

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With crises all around, it’s time to reform federalism

With crises all around, it’s time to reform federalism

Australia’s tax grab will surpass $1 trillion, but it is not buying a better future.

16.11.2025 4

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Felling trees for vistas is a strange point of view

Felling trees for vistas is a strange point of view

A group of Dover Heights trees, including native banksias and acacias, have been slated for removal for a curious reason.

15.11.2025 8

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Sixty men in black test our laws and our willingness to respond with strength

Sixty men in black test our laws and our willingness to respond with strength

A rally where protesters displayed an anti-Jewish lobby banner and chanted a Hitler Youth slogan demands tougher legislation to deal with extremism.

14.11.2025 9

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Reforms to rein in estate agents’ rorts need more teeth

Reforms to rein in estate agents’ rorts need more teeth

The Minns government pulls its punches on reforms to stop buyers bidding blind.

13.11.2025 6

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Anti-net zero MP casts 1975 shadow over Liberal energy policy

Anti-net zero MP casts 1975 shadow over Liberal energy policy

Liberal MPs met to try and resolve differences over net zero, but a leadership aspirant has stirred divisive old memories.

12.11.2025 8

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No honour in honouring a dishonourable former member

No honour in honouring a dishonourable former member

A state funeral for ALP kingmaker Graham Richardson is not appropriate for a man of such dubious achievements.

11.11.2025 10

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With time running out, Australia should abandon its botched bid to host COP31

With time running out, Australia should abandon its botched bid to host COP31

Even if delegates manage to sort out the impasse between Australia and Turkey, it will probably be too late to devise a meaningful summit.

10.11.2025 3

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Racial hatred has no place anywhere in Australia

Racial hatred has no place anywhere in Australia

A rally by the National Socialist Network outside NSW Parliament House promoted hate speech, not free speech.

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Domestic violence victims deserve better protections

Alleged serial abusers in jail are easily getting around prison regulations to terrify their victims by mobile phone.

04.11.2025 10

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Some trains on platform M1 are delayed until further notice

The opening of the final stage of Sydney’s $29 billion metro line has been put back another year.

03.11.2025 6

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NIMBYism in the eastern suburbs is low rent

Woollahra Council wants to make Rose Bay and Double Bay unattractive to renters and first home buyers.

02.11.2025 8

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Off with his title but will the blue bloodletting satisfy the mob?

Even before soap operas the royals have long starred in credibility-sapping scandals.

31.10.2025 9

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Weather bureau needs a reboot over its new website

The Bureau of Meteorology has satisfied nobody with its website redesign.

29.10.2025 10

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Stonewalling bureaucracies cannot turn customary blind eye to new PFAS research

The University of Newcastle has found disturbing evidence of another risk presented by so-called forever chemicals.

28.10.2025 6

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Glamping trial in national parks does not make for happy campers

The cash-strapped Minns government has a new scheme to raise funds for NSW national parks but there are problems.

27.10.2025 20

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Public servants’ silence could hurt transport agency

A survey of workers with Transport NSW raises concerns that staffers are too afraid to speak out

26.10.2025 7

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Albanese’s answer to the CFMEU rot looks short of the mark

The federal government insists the troubled union’s administration is doing its job well, but the recent evidence suggests otherwise.

24.10.2025 4

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A person of interest in a murder case is both known and anonymous

A politician names a person of interest in the disappearance of a little girl 55 years ago. We can’t.

23.10.2025 4

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Fair Work Commission has seriously overreached on absurd Westpac work-from-home ruling

A Fair Work Australia ruling to allow a woman to work from home permanently is a blinkered finding.

22.10.2025 2

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Albanese’s patience and planning appear to have paid off

There were smiles and billion-dollar deals all around at the first face-to-face meeting between Anthony Albanese and Donald Trump.

21.10.2025 6

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Councils must stop holding back development

With the most expensive real estate in the country, NSW is dragging its feel on building new homes.

20.10.2025 5

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Inquiry needed into rescue helicopter service

Westpac Rescue saves people from Newcastle to the Queensland border, but it has problems at headquarters.

19.10.2025 3

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Big business needs bigger penalties to ensure it protects our data

A proactive approach is urgently needed to protect Australia from data and privacy breaches.

18.10.2025 10

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Big business needs bigger penalties to ensure it protects our data

A proactive approach is urgently needed to protect Australia from data and privacy breaches.

18.10.2025 10

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Big business needs bigger penalties to ensure it protects our data

A proactive approach is urgently needed to protect Australia from data and privacy breaches.

18.10.2025 10

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Even in Trump’s America, the crackdown on Pentagon reporters is chilling stuff

An unprecedented crackdown represents a dark day for democracy and should serve as a wake-up call for complacent Australians.

16.10.2025 3

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Even in Trump’s America, the crackdown on Pentagon reporters is chilling stuff

An unprecedented crackdown represents a dark day for democracy and should serve as a wake-up call for complacent Australians.

16.10.2025 10

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Even in Trump’s America, the crackdown on Pentagon reporters is chilling stuff

An unprecedented crackdown represents a dark day for democracy and should serve as a wake-up call for complacent Australians.

16.10.2025 4

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Even in Trump’s America, the crackdown on Pentagon reporters is chilling stuff

An unprecedented crackdown represents a dark day for democracy and should serve as a wake-up call for complacent Australians.

16.10.2025 5

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Me, myself, AI and the skin trade

Two internet warriors’ embrace of the porn business will undoubtedly impact on Australia’s attempts to protect children online.

15.10.2025 4

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Chalmers was slapped down on super changes

Tensions between the federal government’s two top salesmen are hard to discount.

14.10.2025 4

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Chalmers was slapped down on super changes

Tensions between the federal government’s two top salesmen are hard to discount.

14.10.2025 4

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Chalmers was slapped down on super changes

Tensions between the federal government’s two top salesmen are hard to discount.

14.10.2025 4

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Chalmers was slapped down on super changes

Tensions between the federal government’s two top salesmen are hard to discount.

14.10.2025 4

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The Greens’ tin ear risks making their voice even smaller

A NSW Greens’ begging email cravenly confuses fundraising with humanitarian ideals.

13.10.2025 10

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Circular Quay revamp on the backburner again

Labor and the Coalition now share a history of consigning Circular Quay renewal to the to-do list.

12.10.2025 10

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The first welcome steps towards assuaging Middle East’s pain

When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio handed President Donald Trump a message during a public event in the White House’s East Room, it was one of...

09.10.2025 5

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Macron must compromise to keep the French far right at bay

French President Emmanuel Macron is without a prime minister or a draft budget and mired in crisis.

08.10.2025 20

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Wedding day blues for Darling Harbour residents are absurd

It is difficult to have much sympathy for Darling Harbour apartment owners in their opposition to a proposed entertainment venue.

07.10.2025 10

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