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Sydney’s dirty little secret: The train stations with the worst air quality revealed
The Herald conducted air quality tests at 16 train stations – and the results are alarming.
Editorial
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Shocking air quality on rail network threatens passengers and staff
Anyone using Sydney’s underground train network is exposed to poisonous air - and they’ve have been kept in the dark for years.
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Traffic
Police operation on Harbour Bridge causes peak-hour chaos
Traffic queued from the Anzac Bridge to the Harbour Bridge after a delicate police operation caused significant delays.
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Crime
Grim discovery as body found wedged in charity bin
Police are investigating after the body of a man was found wedged in a charity donation bin at a shopping centre.
MPs shouldn’t go to chamber after drinking: Littleproud
The Nationals Party continues to face pressure on MP conduct after former deputy PM Barnaby Joyce was found lying on a Canberra street.
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Mergers & acquisitions
ANZ wins green light for $4.9b Suncorp bank takeover
The move overturns the competition watchdog’s rejection of the deal last year in a significant win for the country’s fourth-largest bank.
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Earnings season
$8.6 billion blow: BHP’s profit decimated
Mining giant BHP has taken a big hit to its half-year profit after writing down its Western Australia nickel operations and making adjustments for its Samarco mine in Brazil.
The syndrome that is preventing many female athletes from performing at their best
As many as 80 per cent of female athletes – professional and recreational – are risking their health and performance.
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Healthcare
His dad had a devastating heart attack. So Daniel went to Bunnings in a bid to save him
Australia will spend $50 million building the world’s first long-term artificial heart, after the original prototype was built with pieces bought from Bunnings.
‘Ongoing love affair’: The type of property buyers blow their budgets for
A house with a backyard or an apartment within walking distance to everything? Buyers are defying expectations.
Analysis
Housing crisis
No, Max, we don’t really have a million vacant houses
The Greens MP said the million unoccupied properties could help with the housing crisis, but it’s not that simple.
How COVID school shutdowns led to the ‘most dysregulated students ever seen’
In part two of this series, experts discuss reports of students struggling and teachers being physically attacked in the aftermath of school closures during COVID.
Fresh twist in tale of cancelled UK Australia Day event
The Australian High Commission in London scrapped an Australia Day event following consultation with its First Nations working group, new documents reveal.
Colleges blacklist students from entire countries
Education agents say the visa application crackdown has become extreme and is causing panic among universities and providers.
The brightest object in the universe is a sun-eating colossus
Australian astronomers have discovered the most luminous object in the universe – a ravenous, chaotic, fast-growing black hole.
Opinion
Putin's Russia
One murder too many, Mr Putin? It could be Ukraine’s lifeline
The Russian president’s disposal of Alexei Navalny might spur US Republicans to defy Donald Trump and support Ukraine’s war effort. If not, prepare for a catastrophe.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
No plea deal seen as Julian Assange faces what could be his final extradition hearing
England’s High Court has scheduled two days of arguments over whether Assange can ask an appeals court to block his transfer.
Opinion
NRL 2024
Why the NRL must stop Americans calling the game rugby
Forget about securing big-name celebrities to sing the NRL gospel. First, curious US fans need to know the difference between the rugby codes.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Tommy Tutu: How ballet exercises are keeping Trbojevic injury-free
Left-field training methods introduced by Eddie Jones’ long-term assistant coach have helped get Manly ace free of pain and fighting fit.
Analysis
For subscribers
Best of the best: The top 50 players in the NRL – numbers 40 to 31
Expert judges from the Herald and Nine have combined to produce the definitive list of the top 50 players in the NRL.
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Weather
75,000 lightning strikes, mass train chaos: Sydney hit by storms
Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power and four people were hospitalised after being struck by lightning.
‘Thou shalt not say nasty things’: How a banker took on underperforming schools
Sending outsiders into Australian classrooms would bring a fresh set of eyes to the education system, the UK’s former chief inspector says.
Police officer charged after allegedly hitting, killing Jai Wright
An officer who drove an unmarked police car that allegedly hit and killed the Indigenous teenager has been charged with his death.
‘The wrong decisions’: COVID-era mass school closures condemned
Closing Sydney’s schools was one of the biggest - and most controversial - calls during the pandemic. But was it really necessary?
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Courts
‘The dog’s got the baby’: Newborn mauled to death as parents slept
An inquest into seven fatal dog attacks has heard how a five-week-old boy was ripped from the arms of his mother.
Politics
First France, now Germany: Australia risks another ‘slap in the face’
A dramatic navy overhaul will double the nation’s number of warships and boost the firepower of the surface fleet, but risks angering Germany.
Business
Nine to become new home of the Melbourne Cup
Broadcast rights for the Melbourne Cup have been secured by the Nine Network, striking a deal with the Victoria Racing Club and Tabcorp.
World
Patients evacuated by flashlight amid claims Gaza hospital director has been detained
The sides gave conflicting accounts of the situation at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, with Israel denying a claim it had detained the hospital director.
Opinion
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Property
Bondi beach house with no parking fetches $8.5 million in hot auction
Five developers competed and the winner plans to build a luxury family home.
Thought it was hard to buy a home? It just got worse
Household finances are under pressure, consumers have been downbeat, and the key hurdle to achieve home ownership has worsened.
Good Food
Lifestyle
What’s the best way to clean your ears, if not with cotton tips?
If you’re not meant to stick things in your ears, how else are you supposed to clean them?
Culture
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Messi’s World Cup provides a different portrait of the world’s greatest footballer
Lionel Messi, like Diego Maradona before him, is a totem of worship in Argentina, especially after winning the 2022 World Cup.
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NRL 2024
Why the NRL must stop Americans calling the game rugby
Forget about securing big-name celebrities to sing the NRL gospel. First, curious US fans need to know the difference between the rugby codes.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Analysis
NRL 2024
Best of the best: The top 50 players in the NRL – numbers 40 to 31
Expert judges from the Herald and Nine have combined to produce the definitive list of the top 50 players in the NRL. Today, we continue with numbers 40 to 31.
Tommy Tutu: How ballet exercises are keeping Trbojevic injury-free
Leftfield training methods introduced by Eddie Jones’ long-term assistant coach have helped get Manly ace free of pain and fighting fit for the season kick-off.
He’s the NRL’s quietest coach. But this Cleary speech had Penrith running through walls
The three-time premiership-winning mentor never raises his voice above the level of a normal conversation as rare dressing room access shows the impact his very un-rugby league approach has on Panthers players.
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Olympics
Australian equestrian star free to compete at Olympics after ‘mankini’ episode
Shane Rose has escaped sanction after a disciplinary panel found he had not breached the code of conduct by wearing the skimpy swimsuit at a fancy dress event.
‘Derogatory and vulgar’: Warner questions character of Kiwis who use personal abuse
David Warner has laid the foundations for a hostile final tour of New Zealand, questioning the “character” of spectators who stooped to personal abuse.
The other Aussie at Spurs is plotting a course back into the Matildas’ XI
Charlotte Grant saw just two minutes of action at the Women’s World Cup. With the Paris Olympics beckoning, she doesn’t want to spend another major tournament as an onlooker.
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Best of the best: The top 50 players in the NRL
Expert judges from the Herald and Nine have combined to produce the definitive list of the top 50 players in the NRL. Today, we start with numbers 50 to 41.
