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Immigration
Disabled teen’s family face deportation while criminals allowed to stay
Lily Lumintang wants to know why the reasons serious foreign criminals used to stay in Australia were not good enough for her.
NSW prepared to underwrite housing projects to boost viability
It comes as a financial analyst told a property summit that Sydney unit prices and rents needed to rise by 30 per cent to make new developments more viable.
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Child safety
Facebook is scanning some users’ faces to verify age. The Coalition wants to go further
The Coalition says, if elected, it will push for laws forcing social media platforms to check users’ ages before creating new accounts. Meta is already doing it for some.
Cloud seeding program over Snowy Hydro suspended
The groundbreaking program has seen hundreds of kilograms of silver iodide unleashed over ski fields and mountain peaks over a decade.
Sydney school science lab has shut down until there is money to fix it. How did it come to this?
The issues at one northern beaches school are just the tip of the iceberg as the education system grapples with budget cuts and frozen funds.
Tigers den to be park of a different stripe: Leichhardt Oval to get $40m lifeline
From peeling paint to dilapidated toilets, the rundown sports ground has been desperately in need of upgrades for some time.
Analysis
How To Poison a Planet
Does your bottled water contain cancer-causing chemicals?
Australians are among the most enthusiastic drinkers of bottled water in the world.
Opinion
NACC
Robo-debt wasn’t fair or legal - now we’ll never know if it was also corrupt
Why has the corruption watchdog opted out of an investigation into robo-debt?
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
Opinion
NRL 2024
Cheese on toast: Can Smith win back the support of Roosters?
After trumpeting his signing in 2021, the glamour club is uncertain about what to do with their erratic hooker.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
The Wallabies discard who turned ‘boring’ Brumbies into rugby’s entertainers
A long-range try for the Brumbies used to be from five metres out. Now they’re at their most dangerous from 95 metres out.
Chalmers qualifies for third Olympics after injury from too much time on couch
Kyle Chalmers hurt his back so badly earlier this month he thought he wouldn’t be able to swim at trials. After four cortisone injections, he was able to get on the blocks.
Pioneering butcher Terry Wright dies aged 90
The Clovelly Road shop, which Wright opened in 1959, was a magnet for chefs and Sydney food lovers, with its owner a local star.
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Indigenous
Indigenous diplomat says world took note of Voice vote
Justin Mohamed is determined to make sure his people’s voices are heard all around the world.
Analysis
Jobs
Vast majority of Australians think they don’t get paid enough
Workers are keen to look for work elsewhere, according to a report on salary trends.
Opinion
Weight loss
Jelena Dokic has lost 20 kilos. If only she could also shed the trolls
By deciding to lose weight, the former tennis champ turned commentator is still inundated with online body commentary.
Hannah Vanderheide
Contributor
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Review
Pixar is in the pits. Is Inside Out 2 the hit it desperately needs?
The original was a sophisticated and charming hit, but Riley’s emotions are now in danger of being drowned out by the sequel’s hustle and bustle.
The world’s 50 greatest travel bargains right now
Travel budget shrinking? Here the best value destinations, hotels, flights for Australians right now.
NRL 2024
‘Madge would be stupid not to pick him’: Tuqiri weighs in on Latrell debate
Lote Tuqiri will give his old coach Michael Maguire some selection advice at South Sydney’s 10-year premiership reunion on Saturday … but hopes he doesn’t take it.
‘I’m not going anywhere’: Sullivan’s message to Tigers
Bud Sullivan’s goal is to play with, rather than be replaced by, Jarome Luai despite the Tigers allowing him to explore other options.
Sydney
Webb tested again: Two police officers charged with assault of 92-year-old man
Police Commissioner Karen Webb has to deal with more allegations of police officers inappropriately using force after an elderly man was hospitalised with a fractured arm.
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Vivid Sydney
Two dangerous choke points, two near misses. Vivid’s crowd problem
Vivid came close to disaster when thousands of people were trapped by a bottleneck. It wasn’t the first time the festival has ventured near catastrophe.
The neighbours desperate to stop building demolition
The battle over this building is seen as a landmark in the struggle between residents and developers over the future of Kings Cross, Elizabeth Bay and Potts Point and its continued gentrification.
Analysis
Courts
Why Hayne’s convictions were quashed – and why he might not face a retrial
A series of messages on social media were at the heart of Jarryd Hayne’s successful appeal against his sexual assault convictions.
Updated
Crime
Mystery surrounds death of well-known northern beaches surfer
Homicide squad detectives are appealing for information after Guy Haymes was found with serious head injuries in a Manly unit, later dying in hospital.
SEE & DO
How a hate-fuelled killing sparked a revolution in Australia
A new operatic work marks the death of George Duncan and the legacy of the terrible event.
Bestselling author of One Day on why his new novel is his funniest yet
Already a bestselling author, romcom specialist David Nicholls has a bigger readership than ever after the massive success of Netflix’s One Day adaptation.
Politics
Anti-corruption body decided against robo-debt probe. Now it is being investigated
Last week, the anti-corruption commission said it would not launch an inquiry into robo-debt. That decision is now the subject of an investigation by the NACC’s inspector.
Business
Telstra ditches carbon credits to push harder on direct emissions
The telco, one of Australia’s largest electricity users, has beefed up its 2030 emissions reduction targets and won’t use carbon offsets to get there.
World
Billionaires, politicians pay thousands to attend Valance’s Trump fundraiser
Tickets started at $US10,000 when Holly Valance threw open the doors to her Chelsea mansion to help raise funds for the ex-president’s 2024 White House campaign.
Opinion
Dutton’s policy of astonishing weakness risks a Liberal wasteland
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
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Property
Rents increase more than six times the rate of wages
Experts say other interim measures, such as rent caps and slowing immigration, are needed to ease the pressure on renters until 1.2 million needed homes are built.
Sydney’s market just slipped. Here’s which areas are strongest and weakest
Sydney’s property market has slowly come off the boil since the start of the year, but do the softer neighbourhoods spell what’s coming for the rest?
Good Food
Lifestyle
How to make the most of the bare root plant season
An affordable and adaptable option, these plants can unfurl into a powerhouse of produce.
Culture
ABC banks on Catherine Murphy and Tony Armstrong to rescue Monday nights
The popular pair will co-host Monday’s Experts, a sports entertainment panel show that is taking the place of Q+A.
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Sport
‘Madge would be stupid not to pick him’: Tuqiri weighs in on Latrell debate
Lote Tuqiri will give his old coach Michael Maguire some selection advice at South Sydney’s 10-year premiership reunion on Saturday … but hopes he doesn’t take it.
Boosted by Hammer’s wonder try, Dolphins beat Sharks in thriller
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow’s length-of-the-field effort proved the difference at PointsBet Stadium.
Australian swimming trials 2024 as it happened: Titmus snags three wins in three races, McKeown just shy of own world record in 200m backstroke win
Kaylee McKeown and Ariarne Titmus were among the winners on night four of the Australian swimming trials in Brisbane.
Titans want Gordon now, but Waugh plays hardball
Rugby Australia boss Phil Waugh says NRL-bound Carter Gordon will still be considered for Wallabies duties this winter.
Pop, Paris and poetry: The wild dreams of Cody Simpson
The self-proclaimed Prince Neptune is chasing an Olympic berth, but time is running out.
‘I’m not going anywhere’: Sullivan’s message to Tigers
Bud Sullivan’s goal is to play with, rather than be replaced by, Jarome Luai despite the Tigers allowing him to explore other options.
Dragons set to table two-year deal for Rabbitohs hooker
St George Illawarra are willing to offer Damien Cook a two-year deal but would require South Sydney to contribute to his salary in 2025.
Have Your Say
Our cricketers play to win, even if it means giving the old enemy a second chance
A mischievous suggestion that Australia could manipulate results to squeeze England out of the World Cup has prompted apoplexy. It’s unlikely to happen.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
