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‘Sydney’s best kept secret’: Inside the hub that is flying beneath the radar
Covering a site the size of Sydney’s CBD, a vast hub in the city’s south-west is the most important piece of infrastructure that few know about.
China’s explanation for near miss with Aussie helicopter is wrong: Albanese
The fighter aircraft dropped flares about 300 metres in front and 60 metres above a Royal Australian Navy helicopter.
Analysis
China relations
PM’s response to China jet incident will do little to deter aggression
Since the Albanese government came to power two years ago, its approach to China relations has been summed up by one word.
Opinion
Aviation
Sorry, not sorry: Qantas perfects the art of the non-apology
To suggest that the airline’s settlement over the ghost flights matter makes Qantas a trustworthy company is to be wilfully blind to its recent history.
Joe Aston
Columnist
Exclusive
Housing affordability
Banks open to overlooking student debt in home loans – but there’s a catch
The banks say it should be up to financial regulators to determine whether student debt gets special treatment in mortgage assessments.
Opinion
Social media
TikTok makes a stand against forced sale or ban in the US
Joe Biden and the US Congress gave China’s social media giant ByteDance choices: surrender its TikTok business in the US, flee or fight. It’s chosen the latter.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Gold tweezers and Old Spice: Porn star tells story of sex with Trump
After about a half-hour of giving evidence, Stormy Daniels started disclosing intimate details about the former president, so much so that the judge baulked at some of the testimony.
Lehrmann’s no-win, no-fee agreement with lawyers revealed in court
Network Ten sought access to documents revealing whether the former Liberal staffer had financial assistance in bringing his multimillion-dollar defamation case.
Hunter Valley bus driver pleads guilty after 10 killed in crash
Brett Button was facing 10 counts of manslaughter, which will be dropped in exchange for his guilty plea.
Opinion
Road safety
I’m about to turn 90, and I didn’t want to give up my licence. One moment changed my mind
I learned to drive on the Bathurst track and back in the day I owned a Ford GT. I know how to handle a car. Yet, I’ve made the heartbreaking decision to give up driving, and to sell my car.
Jayne Malone
Contributor
Review
Enmore
Can a food truck really turn into a fine diner? This smoky skewer spot gives it a red-hot go
It’s quite the switch, but Firepop manages to keep the thrill of the grill.
Opinion
Japan
Tourism is booming in Japan and the country is not handling it well
Japan needs to find better solutions to overtourism than simply blocking things off.
Gearoid Reidy
How Anya Taylor-Joy took over Australian cinema’s most iconic franchise
The Hollywood star spent over six-and-a-half months in Sydney ensconced in George Miller’s dystopian Mad Max universe, and lived to tell the tale.
Opinion
Russia
The world’s biggest country is off-limits. Here’s where to go instead
You want vast and unknowable? Try the ninth-largest country in the world or one of its neighbours.
Ben Groundwater
Travel writer
Prince Harry in UK but won’t visit father because King couldn’t find time
The Duke of Sussex had made little secret of his hopes to see his father, who was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer earlier this year.
From Socceroos and Pele to a drug den. Now this stadium has been reborn
The condemned grandstand at the old St George Stadium, or Barton Park, was a magnet for anti-social behaviour. But a new redevelopment has ensured a broken piece of Sydney’s proud sporting history has been restored.
Analysis
NRL 2024
The ex factor: Will Bennett’s return to the Rabbitohs work?
History offers mixed results regarding coaches who return to their former clubs, and nostalgia has a tendency to distort the reality of past break-ups.
Breaking
NRL
Bad talk, take a walk: NRL warns clubs over ref abuse
Referees won’t tolerate players pushing the envelope in round 10 after the ugly scenes that marred the spiteful Tigers-Bulldogs encounter.
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NRL 2024
Updated
Timely return for Latrell as injury-hit Rabbitohs bring in rookies
The star fullback is back from a three-week ban as interim head coach Ben Hornby patches together the wounded Bunnies.
‘Tough upbringing’: Why Taylan May has ‘pain’ inked on his face
The young Panthers centre opens up about his tattoos, a controversial Instagram post, and trying to stop Stephen Crichton.
Sydney
Goodbye Selina’s: The new plan for Coogee Bay Hotel approved
The famed Selina’s nightclub at the Coogee Bay Hotel will be demolished, while a new 11-cafe laneway will appear in its place. But some locals say it’s still “too big”.
Updated
Sydney councils
‘Not Marrickville or Newtown’: Sydney council bans same-sex parenting books
Books that include same-sex parenting content have been banned from eight western Sydney libraries, prompting threats from an angry state government to review the council’s funding.
What our obsession with eating red meat is doing to our state
The NSW biodiversity outlook suggests the state is set lose nearly a quarter of all known plant and animal species in the next 100 years.
How Emily took advantage of one of the ‘good things’ to come out of COVID
When Emily West moved to northern NSW eight years ago, medical receptionists were regularly bamboozled when she tried to book a video appointment with her specialists back in Sydney.
‘They’d be so proud’: The 10-year-olds accepting challenge laid for them 40 years ago
Sitting in his school library, Darruy Briggs begins to tell a story. It’s an act that has been decades in the making.
Politics
Exclusive
University
Minister vows to ‘weed out the bottom feeders’ in university system
Private colleges have been told to stop recruiting fake overseas students within six months or risk losing their licences.
Business
Apple debuts new M4 chip in its thinnest device ever
The company has debuted two new lines of tablets, including a larger screen iPad Air and an OLED iPad Pro.
World
‘Our hearts are broken’: Parents of surfers killed in Mexico share their grief
Debra and Martin Robinson have urged people to hold their loved ones closer following the tragic murder of their sons.
Opinion
Not all men abuse women. But is this how it starts?
Jenna Price
Columnist and academic
Trumpeting a terrible vision: What awaits if Biden loses … or even wins?
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
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Property
‘They’d rather give you one million bucks’: Average home deposits soar
Many property buyers who are left in the market now have extraordinary wealth – often from family.
Landlords hike rents nearly 50 per cent since the lows of lockdown
Rental prices for units have skyrocketed since COVID-19 lockdown, and house rents have jumped too. Is any relief in sight?
Good Food
Lifestyle
How do I manage my poorly performing staff with ADHD?
This is a complex issue but one you will be able to navigate with expert advice and compassion, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.
Culture
Australian duo Electric Fields out of Eurovision in nail-biting finish
Their stunning finish is a blow to Australia’s ambitions in the 68-year-old iconic music competition.
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Sport
From Socceroos and Pele to a drug den. Now this stadium has been reborn
The condemned grandstand at the old St George Stadium, or Barton Park, was a magnet for anti-social behaviour. But a new redevelopment has ensured a broken piece of Sydney’s proud sporting history has been restored.
Breaking
NRL 2024
Bad talk, take a walk: NRL warns clubs over ref abuse
Referees won’t tolerate players pushing the envelope in round 10 after the ugly scenes that marred the spiteful Tigers-Bulldogs encounter.
In just 19 balls, Fraser-McGurk heaps more pressure on Australian selectors
He wasn’t deemed good enough for Australia’s T20 World Cup squad, but Jake Fraser-McGurk’s responded in the best possible way with another IPL batting blitz.
Analysis
NRL 2024
The ex factor: Will Bennett’s return to the Rabbitohs work?
History offers mixed results regarding coaches who return to their former clubs, and nostalgia has a tendency to distort the reality of past break-ups.
‘He’ll want to make up for lost time’: Roosters back returning Leniu to keep cool
The Roosters have rushed Spencer Leniu straight back into the side for Sunday’s clash against the Warriors after serving an eight-match ban for the Ezra Mam “monkey’” slur.
‘It was a tough upbringing’: Why Taylan May has ‘pain’ inked on his face
The young Panthers centre opens up about his tattoos, a controversial Instagram post, and trying to stop Stephen Crichton.
Updated
Around the clubs
Timely return for Latrell as injury-hit Rabbitohs bring in rookies
The star fullback is back from a three-week ban as interim head coach Ben Hornby patches together the wounded Bunnies.
Have Your Say
Panthers or Roosters? Why David Fifita is weighing up Titanic decision
As the deadline for a decision looms, we weigh up the best option for the NRL’s most in-demand man, David Fifita.
