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‘We have given our all’: PM pledges unity as Australia says No to Voice
Anthony Albanese called for a “new national purpose” to tackle Indigenous disadvantage after 59 per cent of voters rejected the Voice.
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Indigenous
NSW votes No in failed referendum, but suburbs deeply divided
Sydney’s inner-city suburbs have backed the Voice, but it has been soundly rejected in outer suburbs and country NSW.
Analysis
Voice to parliament
Australia shouldn’t feel ashamed. But we could be forgiven for being embarrassed
Political combat overtakes rationality and, regrettably, it easily overwhelms innate human goodwill.
Analysis
For subscribers
Devastating verdict: Australia tells First Nations people ‘you are not special’
Noel Pearson likened Indigenous Australians’ push for justice to a mouse taking on an elephant. On Saturday night, the mouse got squashed.
Analysis
Federal
A failure in slow motion: Albanese showed great courage, poor judgment
Australia is the loser from a bruising debate that gave voters an “all or nothing” choice and squandered the chance for a unifying resolution on Indigenous recognition.
They said Australia didn’t need it. In less than 90 minutes, they were vindicated
Peter Dutton and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price have hailed a crushing win in the referendum as they called for a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse in indigenous communities.
Indigenous Yes campaigners fall silent as they grieve referendum result
Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin singled out what he called the No camp’s “largest misinformation campaign that this country has ever seen”.
Australia cancels emergency flights out of Israel due to safety concerns
A day after ordering Gaza City residents to flee, Israel’s prime minister promised further retaliation for Hamas’ rampage last week.
Booby traps, mines: Hamas’ tunnel network under Gaza helps in a war
Dubbed the “Hamas metro” and located up to 30 metres underground, the labyrinthine-like network of tunnels is dozens of kilometres long.
The ‘95 per cent heaven’ that became a hellscape: The people living in the shadow of Gaza’s wall
In Israel, despite the dangerous neighbours, living near a border is not just a viable option or a lifestyle choice. It’s a mission.
Conservative leader Chris Luxon becomes NZ’s next prime minister
People voted for change after six years of a liberal government led for most of that time by Jacinda Ardern.
‘I have a bomb’: Australian charged, faces Singapore jail over mid-air hoax
The 30-year-old man was charged on Saturday with making false threats of terrorist acts and has been remanded at a hospital for mental illness in the city-state.
Year-long property search ends when family pay $3,225,000 for Marrickville stunner
The newly finished duplex replaced a run-down former boarding home that last sold for $2.45 million in 2021.
India in the box seat after Pakistan collapse in spectacular fashion
After a promising start, Pakistan were all out for 191 on Indian soil. Brace yourself for fireworks in Ahmedabad when the two bitter cricket foes go head to head in a crucial World Cup clash.
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Kangaroos triumph but Samoan rookie steals the show
The Kangaroos opened their Pacific Championships campaign with a 36-12 defeat of Samoa, but it was the Pacific nation’s debutant fullback Sua Fa’alogo who lit up Townsville.
Finally out of the shadows, a master trainer has his moment in The Everest
Joe Pride has spent more than two decades as one of the most understated trainers in the business. The fact he won The Everest with a $70,000 buy encapsulates his career.
Review
Phones
Google’s latest smartphones put AI photo-editing in your hands
The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are great smartphones that go toe-to-toe with the iPhone, but they also pack a lot of experimental-feeling generative AI.
Dicey Topics
Good Weekend
Award-winning poet Sarah Holland-Batt on fixing the system that failed her dad
The author also explains why paying attention is important for her craft.
Tock-sick aclockalypse: When a hangover meets daylight savings
My post-party blues were made far worse by the household clock jumping forward.
Voice to parliament
The further you get from Australia’s cities, the more clearly the nation said No
There was a clear divide between Australia’s inner-city suburbs and the regions. Here are some of the major trends and results from around the country.
Exclusive
‘This is nuts’: Tingle calls out false balance at ABC over Voice coverage
The high-profile journalist and ABC board director told a book launch audience that in the pursuit of balance, the media “ended up not doing a good job of covering the referendum debate”.
Sydney
Former patient speaks in surgeon’s defamation case
A former patient of Dr Munjed Al Muderis has told the Federal Court he did not tell her that a drill bit had been left in her leg during surgery in 2011.
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Education
The co-ed change that will affect students at almost 90 Sydney primary schools
High school intake areas from Dulwich Hill to Bankstown and Kogarah have been expanded to unlock access to co-ed public high schools for children starting year 7 in 2025.
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Minns backs use of extraordinary police powers for pro-Palestine rally
Sydney’s sense of cohesion would come under threat if the rally on Sunday descended into violent chaos, the NSW Premier Chris Minns warned.
Obsession with travel times on Metro West line ‘massively outdated’
A push is under way for more stations to be built on Sydney’s mega rail line to better connect suburbs and to help solve the housing crisis.
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Courts
Prosecutors to pay Tobias Moran $190,000 after backpacker murder charge dropped
The costs order was made after charges of murder and attempting to pervert the course of justice over the death of his girlfriend Simone Strobel were withdrawn.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
‘Dress rehearsal’: Hamas practised invasion, published video of drills
Less than a month before Hamas fighters blew through Israel’s defences and launched its deadly attack, they practised in plain sight.
Exclusive
‘We may die at any time’: Australian family stuck in Gaza pleads for help
An Australian family, including two children, are stuck in Gaza and fear for their lives as their food runs out, their phones lose battery and buildings are bombed next door.
Politics
NSW and federal governments urged to act on feral horses in high country
A majority on the Senate environment committee also called for the Albanese government to boost state funding for management of the alpine environment.
Business
Opinion
Workplace
Why do companies fire staff when they make billions in profit?
I cannot imagine that the future of companies like CBA rests on the fate of 192 unfortunate souls deemed to be weighing down the business.
Jim Bright
World
She spent years in a dark cell. This is how Cheng was finally freed
The moment the Australian government knew Cheng Lei was finally free was when she was on the plane from Beijing to Melbourne.
Opinion
Like you, I have spent this week weighed down by dread and sadness
Bevan Shields
Editor, The Sydney Morning Herald
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Property
The once-booming NSW regional towns where rents are at a discount
Workers have mostly returned to offices instead of logging on from the coast, but despite the slowdown many tenants are doing it tough.
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Title Deeds
Centennial Park’s best house is pretty as a picture, and yours for $25m+
Gene Sherman is again expected to set a suburb high when she sells the home she bought from Atlassian tech boss Mike Cannon-Brookes.
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Lifestyle
At The Everest, young people are more interested in dancing than dressing up
Growing crowds at Sydney’s biggest race day prefer music to millinery.
Opinion
Divorce
Want to give your kids lasting satisfaction? Listen to Mick Jagger’s advice
Kate Halfpenny
Regular columnist
Opinion
Sunday Life
I’m good in a crisis, but there is one thing I just can’t handle
Kerri Sackville
Columnist and author
Culture
The woman selling Australian stories to the world to great success
In the past five years, Jodi Matterson produced shows that have set records for global streaming audiences such as The Dry and Penguin Bloom.
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Australia 38 Samoa 12
Australia
Kangaroos triumph but Samoan rookie steals the show
The Kangaroos opened their Pacific Championships campaign with a 36-12 defeat of Samoa, but it was the Pacific nation’s debutant fullback Sua Fa’alogo who lit up Townsville.
Only in Vegas: Why USA Sevens is posing fresh headaches for NRL and clubs
The four clubs heading to Las Vegas will meet with the NRL over growing concerns about training venues – the USA Sevens is in LA the same weekend – and insurance.
Cricket World Cup 2023 LIVE updates: One of the fiercest rivalries in world sport resumes as India face Pakistan
Brace yourself for fireworks in Ahmedabad when two bitter cricket foes go head to head in a crucial World Cup clash at Narendra Modi Stadium.
Clipperton reaches Everest pinnacle after nearly giving the game away
As Sam Clipperton went past the post to win The Everest on Think About It, the weight of a week of drama at home and years of hard work fell from his shoulders.
Why Tim Tszyu is about to become an American box-office hit
No Australian boxer, even those involved in world title fights, has been on an American pay-per-view platform since Kostya Tszyu. Tim Tszyu is one fight away from changing that.
Finally out of the shadows, a master trainer has his moment in The Everest
Joe Pride has spent more than two decades as one of the most respected and understated trainers in the business. The fact he won The Everest with a $70,000 buy encapsulates perfectly his career.
‘Flat’ Australia ready to play catch-up, says Marsh
At times, Australia have looked weary and flat-footed in the World Cup, especially in the field. But Mitch Marsh says they’re raring to begin their fightback.
Have Your Say
Australian sport has done the right thing regarding the Voice referendum
It failed at a national level, but kudos to those in Australian sport for doing what I regard to be the right thing.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
