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Australia Day roars back into favour in wake of Voice referendum

Australia Day roars back into favour in wake of Voice referendum

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

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

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.

yesterday 20

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

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.

tuesday 3

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

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.

tuesday 6

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

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.

tuesday 6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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 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

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 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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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 3

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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...

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 3

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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 3

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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 3

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The NRL’s newest recruit PNG is good for sport and Pacific politics

The $600 million mega deal for a Port Moresby-based team to enter the NRL competition is a powerful reminder of how sports diplomacy can connect...

12.12.2024 5

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Peter Dutton’s Indigenous flag ban is disgusting politics with dangerous consequences

Peter Dutton’s undertaking not to stand in front of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags is the kind of red-rag-to-a-bull politics that...

10.12.2024 7

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The fall of the house of Assad gives Syrians a fragile new hope

Vladimir Lenin once said “there are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen”. The Bolshevik revolutionary’s...

09.12.2024 2

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Police to march in Mardi Gras, but they have to rebuild trust

The push by some members of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras to ban NSW Police from marching in next year’s parade was always going to sit...

08.12.2024 3

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NSW drug summit hampered by Minns government’s lack of enthusiasm

One of the consequences of allowing a group of experts and tub thumpers to gather and discuss a polarising social issue is the creation of...

05.12.2024 3

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Sluggish growth of the economy is Labor’s Achilles heel

Whatever achievements the Albanese government wants to boast about in the upcoming federal election campaign, managing the economy is unlikely to...

04.12.2024 2

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Biden strains the quality of mercy by pardoning his son Hunter

The entire point of the American Revolution was a rebellion against monarchy, yet US presidents persist in proudly aping that most English of...

03.12.2024 20

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Medical misogyny condemns half the population to poor treatment

It’s the bias that affects half of Australia, yet so little is known about the true scope and impact of medical misogyny. The Herald hopes to...

02.12.2024 6

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Medical misogyny condemns half the population to poor treatment

It’s the bias that affects half of Australia, yet so little is known about the true scope and impact of medical misogyny. The Herald hopes to...

02.12.2024 1

WA Today

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Medical misogyny condemns half the population to poor treatment

It’s the bias that affects half of Australia, yet so little is known about the true scope and impact of medical misogyny. The Herald hopes to...

02.12.2024 5

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Medical misogyny condemns half the population to poor treatment

It’s the bias that affects half of Australia, yet so little is known about the true scope and impact of medical misogyny. The Herald hopes to...

02.12.2024 3

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The strange events at Parliament House in Canberra this week point to a larger problem

By the end of the sitting day on Thursday, it was all smiles for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. For the modest sum of $500 million towards social...

29.11.2024 3

WA Today

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The strange events at Parliament House in Canberra this week point to a larger problem

By the end of the sitting day on Thursday, it was all smiles for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. For the modest sum of $500 million towards social...

29.11.2024 2

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The strange events at Parliament House in Canberra this week point to a larger problem

By the end of the sitting day on Thursday, it was all smiles for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. For the modest sum of $500 million towards social...

29.11.2024 3

The Age

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The strange events at Parliament House in Canberra this week point to a larger problem

By the end of the sitting day on Thursday, it was all smiles for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. For the modest sum of $500 million towards social...

29.11.2024 1

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Labor risks kicking political donation reform bill to an uncertain future

The deferment of the Albanese government’s attempt to clean up political donations until parliament resumes has potential to cause the reform’s...

28.11.2024 2

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Ceasefire a blessing for the Middle East and first step towards peace

In the end days of his administration, US President Joe Biden appears to have jointly pulled off a ceasefire deal to end fighting between Israel...

27.11.2024 3

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Sydney Uni’s U-turn on AI is pragmatic teaching

The university as we knew it has receded into the past. Years of COVID-19 lockdowns swept much learning online, and now the use of generative...

26.11.2024 2

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Labor takes a chance on gambling reform delay

The move to reform gambling advertising should have been socially responsive government at its finest. But Labor’s legislation appears to have...

26.11.2024 4

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Time to come home for the Bali Nine, left doing hard time in Indonesia

The mooted homecoming of members of the Bali Nine drug syndicate still serving time in Indonesian jails would be a major coup for the Albanese...

24.11.2024 6

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Sydney’s eastern suburbs needs another public school

Sydney’s eastern suburbs boast Australia’s highest incomes, highest property prices and private schools galore. But not all parents wish a...

22.11.2024 3

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Sydney’s antisemitic criminals besmirch our city’s reputation for tolerance and harmony

The right to protest in NSW should be cherished. But to come like sneak thieves in the night and spray antisemitic graffiti on vehicles, buildings...

21.11.2024 2

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Thug back on the streets as government abandons challenge to parole

The parole of a drug addict who bashed a police officer with a brick and left her for dead is a reminder that systems designed to protect society...

20.11.2024 5

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