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Australia's leading news source. Independent. Always.
Sydney, Australia
Joined October 2008
Great Barrier Reef suffers record coral decline, mass bleaching
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Year upon year of marine heatwaves are battering the Great Barrier Reef, the most recent survey of coral coverage shows.
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Controversial $39m development approved next to St Mary’s Cathedral
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The City of Sydney Council opposed the plan but a NSW court has given it the green light.
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Meet the Mosman accountant fighting the state’s housing reforms in court
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Judith Pearson has decided someone needs to stand up to the low- and mid-rise housing reforms.
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A $200 billion boost to the economy – but it may mean losing your job
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It could be the biggest change to our lives since the invention of steam engines. But even the Productivity Commissions concedes AI could cost jobs.
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Labor had a work-from-home plan for the election. Dutton announced his first
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The government put the plan on ice to avoid distracting voters from opposition leader Peter Dutton’s policy of forcing public servants back to the office.
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Leader of Australian bikie gang strikes deal to provide security on Nauru
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Companies controlled by Finks bikie leader Ali Bilal have been engaged since at least February to a Nauru government agency that provides escort security services to the detention centre, community...
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Gareth Ward to oppose motion that would force him out of parliament
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The NSW lower house will push to expel the convicted rapist on Tuesday and a byelection could be called this week.
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Why the new Opal ticketing system is at risk of costing an extra $171m
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The cost of the project to overhaul NSW’s rapidly ageing ticketing system for public transport was previously budgeted at $538 million.
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Divisive debate has no place in Australia, Tony Burke says
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Labor’s immigration minister wants Australians to feel “secure and safe”. To those who think freedom of speech is being stymied? “I really don’t care,” he says.
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Savage attacks drag secretive crime gangs out of the shadows
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Vietnamese organised crime syndicates – brutal, clinical and discreet – are once more troubling Sydney authorities.
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Investor outbids young families for $2.4m dated Paddington terrace
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An investor paid $2,385,000 at auction on Saturday and will make “simple improvements” to the home before listing it as a rental, the agent said.
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The social media ban is set to begin in December. Will it work?
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s social media ban faces major hurdles, including the spectre of lawsuits, privacy concerns and whether the change will actually work.
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The mistaken ‘dead body’ that reveals Sydney’s illegal dumping shame
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Rates of illegal dumping are soaring in NSW as local councils spend millions of dollars on cleaning up items.
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NSW Supreme Court authorises pro-Palestine march on Harbour Bridge
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The NSW Supreme Court will not block a pro-Palestine march across the Harbour Bridge, paving the way for thousands to walk on the global landmark.
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‘Not woke stuff’: Trump administration bars US officials from Australia defence talks
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National security experts fear an array of exchanges between US and Australian officials will dry up following a sweeping Pentagon edict.
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Jacinta Price says she could be forced out of Senate due to court fight
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The firebrand senator has warned she could be bankrupted over a press release she sent last year.
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Trump fires statistician after weak employment data, claiming it was ‘rigged’
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The Bureau of Labour Statistics found only 73,000 jobs were created in the world’s biggest economy in July, well below market expectations, and significantly revised down the figures for May and June.
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Battle stations: The former PM, ministers, and military brass cashing in on Australia’s defence spending bonanza
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With billions of dollars in AUKUS spending looming, the rush to join defence industry contractors and advisory firms has never been greater.
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‘Lethal’: Cliff collapses onto popular eastern suburbs beach
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A popular hangout at a famous Sydney beach has been covered in rocks from a collapsed cliff above.
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Police say Harbour Bridge protest could end in crowd crush
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Activists say they are willing to delay this weekend’s march over the Harbour Bridge if police agree to support the protest.
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