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Albanese tries to reseize the day on Bondi Beach

Albanese tries to reseize the day on Bondi Beach

The prime minister hopes to put regrets about not doing more to tackle antisemitism behind him as he announces new reforms.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

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PM’s inaction on antisemitism comes back to haunt him

Albanese’s failure to return to the scene of the crime has turned a national tragedy into a political circus.

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WA Today

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PM’s inaction on antisemitism comes back to haunt him

PM’s inaction on antisemitism comes back to haunt him

Albanese’s failure to return to the scene of the crime has turned a national tragedy into a political circus.

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PM’s inaction on antisemitism comes back to haunt him

PM’s inaction on antisemitism comes back to haunt him

Albanese’s failure to return to the scene of the crime has turned a national tragedy into a political circus.

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The Age

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PM’s inaction on antisemitism comes back to haunt him

Albanese’s failure to return to the scene of the crime has turned a national tragedy into a political circus.

previous day 5

Brisbane Times

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Mourn for Bondi Beach, but now hard questions must be asked

Mourn for Bondi Beach, but now hard questions must be asked

Days after Sunday’s deadly mass shootings comes the realisation that Australian has to learn the lessons of being ill-prepared.

tuesday 4

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Dark day hurts us all: now we must show unity and resolve

Dark day hurts us all: now we must show unity and resolve

The mass shooting at Bondi Beach that targeted the Jewish community is an obscene crime that diminishes us all.

15.12.2025 10

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Sydney Metro line appears to be off the rails again

Sydney Metro line appears to be off the rails again

The government agency overseeing Sydney’s rail project is missing its own deadlines for awarding contracts.

14.12.2025 20

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Trump won’t shield US teens on social media but wants to scroll through yours

Trump won’t shield US teens on social media but wants to scroll through yours

A plan to vet the social media and personal history of tourists entering the US is a new low in Trumpian chaos.

12.12.2025 20

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Usually confident Albanese puts a wrong foot forward

Usually confident Albanese puts a wrong foot forward

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese passes the buck on MP expenses.

11.12.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Wells’ expenses a costly distraction from admirable social media ban

Wells’ expenses a costly distraction from admirable social media ban

The Albanese government has needlessly allowed Anika Wells’ expenses to cast a shadow over its big-ticket reform.

10.12.2025 8

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Government blinded by the lights of its own media ban

Government blinded by the lights of its own media ban

The Albanese government has overreached in promoting world-first child safety law.

09.12.2025 10

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Vicious hazing attack has no place in any school

Vicious hazing attack has no place in any school

The principal of The Scots College was slow to react to a brutal initiation ceremony by his students.

08.12.2025 6

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The costs are eye-watering, but our city is worth its infrastructure investments

The costs are eye-watering, but our city is worth its infrastructure investments

Big infrastructure takes time and costs a fortune. But our city would become unworkable without it.

07.12.2025 10

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The M4 tunnel is no place to be kept in the dark

The M4 tunnel is no place to be kept in the dark

Two years after we celebrated the opening of the M4 tunnel comes a reminder of the vulnerability of our infrastructure.

05.12.2025 7

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Breathing new life into Bondi Junction

Breathing new life into Bondi Junction

Waverley Council is trying to balance retention of its commercial core with the need for higher-density residential developments.

04.12.2025 6

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Wells’ Big Apple trip suggests something beginning to rot at the core

Wells’ Big Apple trip suggests something beginning to rot at the core

A ministerial trip to sell Australia’s teen social media ban in the US raises questions about government integrity.

03.12.2025 10

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We need to rethink the use of e-bikes, especially by children

We need to rethink the use of e-bikes, especially by children

The state government will limit the power of e-bikes following a tragic accident in Sydney on Tuesday. But there are still many potential risks with...

02.12.2025 10

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Defence Department spending overhaul was long overdue

Defence Department spending overhaul was long overdue

Following decades of procurement delays and costs blowouts, the Department of Defence pays the price.

01.12.2025 8

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The unequal costs that created a divided Sydney

The unequal costs that created a divided Sydney

New research shows the most disadvantaged region in Sydney carries an unequal burden.

30.11.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

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UTS’s needless backflip damages reputation

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...

28.11.2025 10

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Council flower power spend emits a bad bouquet

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

26.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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.

25.11.2025 7

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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 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

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

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

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

17.11.2025 10

WA Today

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Age

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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

Brisbane Times

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

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

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

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

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

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

09.11.2025 30

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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

The Sydney Morning Herald

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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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