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Police
The alleged crime that has horrified Sydney, and the questions demanding answers
A major investigation has already raised two big issues for police and the community to grapple with over the coming weeks and months.
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Space
A modern odyssey lands us at the dawn of a new moon age
As 1969 showed, there is something about a moon landing that lifts spirits around the world – and surely a new moon age dawned on Friday when America returned after 52 years.
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Industrial relations
Government should tread carefully on enshrining work from home rights
Any legislating of the right to work from home should be applied fairly.
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Executive shake-up
Slow motion checkout by Woolworths chief executive a bad look
The chief executive of Woolworths, Brad Banducci, is retiring on a bad note with many Australians.
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Casinos
The latest Star casino inquiry should be open to the NSW public
A second inquiry is to be held into Sydney’s Star Casino. Surprisingly, unlike the first inquiry in 2022, the next round of hearings will not be open to the public.
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Pollution
Shocking air quality on rail network threatens passengers and staff
Anyone using Sydney’s underground train network system is exposed to poisonous air containing more than twice the safe daily limits for particle pollution - and they’ve have been kept in the dark for years.
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COVID inquiry
Asking the hard questions about COVID school closures
Of the many responses to the pandemic, few had a greater impact than the mass closure of schools.
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Employment
A golden era for employment is coming to an end
January’s grim jobs figures show the Reserve Bank’s aggressive interest rate increases are now having a substantial effect on the NSW economy.
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Sydney asbestos crisis
A taskforce to track asbestos contamination of Sydney parks is welcome
The taskforce to oversee the investigation of asbestos-contaminated parks and other sites around Sydney is a welcome response to a problem that has lain dormant for years.
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Defamation
Wilkinson’s Logie speech may have been misjudged – but Network Ten should have stood by her
The journalist’s Logies acceptance speech was certainly ill judged, but the evidence shows her employer Network Ten threw their star presenter under a bus.
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State Parliament
Higher density is the key to solving Sydney’s housing crisis
“If we keep playing musical chairs with too few homes, it is the youngest and lowest-income people among us who will lose” – the NSW Productivity Commissioner reveals the real cost of Sydney’s housing crisis.
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