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‘Each victim was in dreadful fear’: Terror of the ‘inner-west rapist’
Seventeen years after he sexually attacked four women across Sydney, Darren Kennedy was caught by DNA. He has now met his fate.
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Australia votes
Labor faces battle for key seats under boundary redraw
Labor faces losing the seat of Higgins in Melbourne’s inner east and a tough battle to fend off the Greens in two other electorates under a proposed revamp of electoral boundaries.
Opinion
Donald Trump
Trump convictions should be a tombstone for his career
Donald Trump’s conviction should have been the end of his political career. But these are not normal times.
The Herald's View
Editorial
Final spots in Olympics squad up for grabs as Matildas face China test
It’s make or break for the Paris 2024 dreams of some of Tony Gustavsson’s squad in the first of two friendlies with China. Follow all the action from the Adelaide Oval.
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Super Rugby
Reds extend lead against struggling Waratahs in Sydney
It’s been a sad campaign for the Waratahs, but can they send departing coach Darren Coleman off with a bang in their final game of the season? Follow all the action.
Barrels, blood, president on a jet ski: Inside one of Teahupo’o’s greatest days
Kelly Slater, 52, started with a nine-point ride, and that was just the beginning as the world’s best surfers enjoyed epic three-metre waves at one of the world’s heaviest breaks.
Decoding Donald Trump’s reaction to his guilty verdict
“Rigged”, “conflicted”, “disgraceful” but also “mental institutions” – the former president issued a tale of woe for himself and the US after a New York jury found him guilty in the hush-money case.
Prison is rare for Trump’s false records crime - but people have been jailed for it before
The maximum sentence for falsification of business records is four years’ imprisonment.
Opinion
Inside China
The West is completely unprepared for Xi Jinping’s next masterstroke
The US and its allies face a grim choice if China escalates tensions with Taiwan. It could lead to an economic catastrophe.
Philip Pilkington
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NRL 2024
Knights bid to stretch winning run against an in-form Bulldogs side
Star fullback Kalyn Ponga injured his foot in the Knights’ round-seven defeat to Cameron Ciraldo’s side. They haven’t lost since and will be out for revenge in Newcastle.
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State of Origin
Purist, obsessive, intense: The Maguire I know is an extraordinary competitor
A year after he won the premiership with Souths, I worked on a book with Michael Maguire. I don’t think I’ve met anyone who wants to win so badly.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
This diver was shocked when told she’d won a world title. Can she go on and break Australia’s Olympic drought?
Diver Alysha Koloi won a world championships gold medal in February. She hopes to make history in Paris – and has her sister to thank.
Room to raise heights again if Sydney’s building targets are not met
New height limits and other planning controls could be intensified if they fail to deliver enough new homes, the state’s planning boss says.
Man who murdered girlfriend after prolonged ‘nang’ use jailed for decades
Liqun Pan,19, was fatally stabbed by her partner in an apartment littered with empty nitrous oxide canisters. He fell four floors and spent months in a coma before his arrest.
Bruce Lehrmann files appeal against defamation defeat
The former federal Liberal staffer has lodged an appeal against his devastating defamation loss against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.
Opinion
Executive pay
$85b battle: The drummer who started fight to block biggest payday in history
Richard Tornetta is an unlikely campaigner against one of the world’s richest men.
James Titcomb
Neil Perry says ‘enough is enough’ as he bids to save embattled $64b industry
The prominent chef joins high-profile restaurants in an effort to rescue the industry from unprecedented challenges.
The portrait Gina Rinehart does want you to see
Australia’s richest person is the subject of another portrait in Canberra. This time she’s so happy to have it displayed she’s setting the rules.
TRUMP GUILTY
Trump’s run of luck with the law was ended by the ‘zombie case’
The conventional wisdom among Trump’s lawyers was that the New York hush money case would never see daylight, and they spent relatively little time thinking about it.
Trump backers call for retribution for verdict; Cohen brands lawyer ‘stupidest of all time’
Donald Trump became the first US president to be convicted of a crime when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election. Follow our live coverage.
Sydney
‘Largest coal mining proposal’ in state’s history floated for NSW
The EPA has warned that the rest of the NSW economy would have to make steeper cuts to greenhouse gas emissions to compensate if the proposal goes ahead in its current form.
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Renewables
‘We are running out of time’: How wind farms in NSW are taking years to build
Renewable energy proponents say it is taking too long for projects to be approved a week after the Minns government extended the lifeline of the Eraring coal power station.
Racist street name set to be wiped off the map over locals’ objections
When an Uber driver came across the tiny cul-de-sac in the Byron hinterland, it set off a chain of events that has now reached the state’s Geographical Names Board.
Driver, 18, dead and four passengers injured in Sydney car crash
A car carrying four young passengers ran off a road in Wetherill Park and crashed into a tree overnight, killing the 18-year-old driver.
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NSW budget
‘Tough times’: How cost of living pain is hurting this Sydney chocolate maker
Economic headwinds across the city and state are adding to pressures on the NSW budget.
NRL 2024
Exclusive
You’ll never guess which NRL club is doing best – and worst – off the field
An NRL document has ranked the financial performance of every club. There are some big surprises – at the top and bottom of the ladder.
How this Blues ‘brotherhood’ got their Christmas present six months later
When Jarome Luai, Stephen Crichton, Brian To’o and Spencer Leniu said their goodbyes at a Christmas party, they didn’t dream they’d be re-uniting so soon.
Politics
Red paint, smashed windows: Wong condemns ‘violent’ protests over Gaza
Police have warned that security threats to parliamentarians are on the rise after Labor ministers’ offices were vandalised by antiwar protesters.
Business
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IPO
The $2.2b takeaway deal: Guzman y Gomez to float on ASX
The burrito chain, which has been eyeing an IPO for years, has had to pull forward its plans on the back of investor demand.
World
Can Trump be president despite his criminal conviction?
Donald Trump’s criminal conviction for illegally covering up a hush money payment to a porn star will not prevent the Republican candidate from pursuing his campaign to retake the White House.
Opinion
Trump’s the guilty one, but it’s Biden who needs a ‘get out of jail’ card
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
When you force a million people into a ‘safe zone’ then bomb it, ‘whoops’ doesn’t quite cut it
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
Australians are the world’s keenest nudists. I want in
Kate Halfpenny
Regular columnist
The Rebels are victims of a long-overdue austerity drive in Australian rugby
Iain Payten
Senior Sports Reporter
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Property
Suburbs where home owners can’t afford their mortgages
As many as one in 30 households in hard-hit pockets have fallen behind on repayments, buckling under high rates and inflation.
‘A pretty magic spot’: Where you can sea-change for under $750,000 in NSW
Byron might be out of reach, but Sydneysiders are ditching the commute for coastal hotspots that cost half the price of the capital.
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Lifestyle
How the Olympics helped a generation of girls fall in love with skateboarding
Female skaters like 14-year-old Chloe Covell are inspiring more girls than ever get into skateboarding.
Culture
Midnight Oil to a ‘jaw-dropping’ Demi Moore: 15 highlights of the Sydney Film Festival
From Cannes award winners to local documentaries and big-name stars, these are the festival’s top picks.
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WordPlay
Why the Streisand effect could be morphing into the Gina effect
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NRL 2024
NRL round 13 LIVE: Newcastle Knights v Canterbury Bulldogs
Star fullback Kalyn Ponga injured his foot in the Knights’ round-seven defeat to Cameron Ciraldo’s side. They haven’t lost since and will be out for revenge in Newcastle.
Matildas v China LIVE: Final spots in Australia’s Olympics squad up for grabs in Adelaide
It’s make or break for the Paris 2024 dreams of some of Tony Gustavsson’s squad in the first of two friendlies with China. Follow all the action at a sold-out Adelaide Oval.
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Super Rugby
Super Rugby Pacific LIVE: NSW Waratahs v Queensland Reds
It’s been a miserable campaign for the Waratahs, but can they at least send departing coach Darren Coleman off with a bang in their final game of the season? Follow all the action from Allianz Stadium.
Opinion
State of Origin
Purist, obsessive, intense: Why the Michael Maguire I know is an extraordinary competitor
A year after he won the premiership with Souths, I worked on a book with Michael Maguire. I don’t think I’ve met anyone who wants to win so badly.
Malcolm Knox
Journalist, author and columnist
The screw standing between Mitchell Moses and a NSW Blues recall
The Parramatta halfback says Nicho Hynes “will do the jersey proud”. But if NSW don’t win game one, does Moses get rushed back into the side?
‘Bitterly disappointed’: Tim Tszyu bout cancelled due to head cut
The Australian’s anticipated fight against undefeated knockout specialist Vergil Ortiz has been axed.
Meet the rookies hoping to keep the Penrith Panthers juggernaut going
Mass changes during the State of Origin period are now an annual exercise for the all-conquering Panthers.
Have Your Say
Benji Marshall puts his family ahead of football. Why are we attacking him?
The Wests Tigers coach has been criticised for taking a mid-season trip to Fiji.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
