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Deborah Snow

Deborah Snow is a senior writer with The Sydney Morning Herald and a former federal political reporter for the Australian Financial Review. She has also served as foreign correspondent for ABC-TV in Moscow and London, and as a reporter on Four Corners.

The rising road toll was bad news in 2016.

Minister says help your kids buy a safer car to reduce road toll

Parents helping their kids  buy a first car should be spending that "little bit more" to ensure the vehicle has at least some up to date safety features, the federal transport minister has warned, speaking against the backdrop of a sharp spike in road deaths particularly among the young.

Sharifa Ahmadi (left), with Hafiza, Farouk and Waisodeem Ahmadi, Safi Ormal, Zora Sediqi and baby Yasmin enjoy a sunny ...

True colours

In burkinis and boardshorts, a hot day in Sydney brings this diverse city to the beach to swim, celebrate and share memories.

NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione arrives at the Lindt cafe Siege inquest on Wednesday.

Scipione stands ground on police handling of Lindt siege

"We will never know." After hours of questioning at the Lindt cafe inquest on Wednesday, this was the essence of Commissioner Andrew Scipione's many (and at times convoluted) answers to one of the key questions which has hung over this inquiry since its inception.