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60,000 photos and videos found on phone of accused teen bishop stabber

The 16-year-old accused of carrying out a terrorist attack at a church in western Sydney.

The boy is facing two new charges including the attempted murder of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, as police examine tens of thousands of images on his phone.

An $8.50 sausage sizzle? It’s ‘un-Australian’ says PM

An $8.50 sausage sizzle? It’s ‘un-Australian’ says PM

Sydney’s heated debate on Vivid’s $8.50 sausage sizzle has had input from Australia’s highest office.

Dutton’s frontbench problem laid bare by feud

Behind the hardman opposition leader Peter Dutton, there are problems in the Coalition frontbench as the election nears.

‘Democracy on the line’: The ‘terrifying’ 920-page plan for a second Trump term

‘Democracy on the line’: The ‘terrifying’ 920-page plan for a second Trump term

The most striking part of the blueprint is the consolidation of presidential power.

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Sexism

It seemed a simple kiss on TV after the game, but it crossed a boundary

Brisbane player Lachie Neale leans in to give Channel 7 reporter Abbey Holmes a kiss at Marvel Stadium last Friday.

Is kissing at work cool and contemporary, or something best left to 1970s Christmas parties? When someone is just trying to do their job, it can be difficult to say no.

Kate Halfpenny
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A big decision for Boeing: Is it time for a new plane?

Building a new plane soon could help the company regain ground it has lost to Airbus. But doing so would be difficult, and risky.

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Religion

A TikTok priest and a surfing nun: The new wave of conservative Christians

Young Catholics are proselytising on social media and glamorising traditional garb such as veils.

Young Australian Catholics are embracing social media but simultaneously going back to traditions like wearing veils and cassocks and celebrating Latin Mass.

Globalisation might be worsening inequality, but I’m OK with that

Globalisation and the powerful economic forces it has unleashed have awarded unparalleled wealth and power to a tiny new elite.

It’s important to look at exactly how globalisation has tipped the scale when it comes to equality.

Millie Muroi
Millie Muroi

Business Reporter

Cloud-seeding program over Snowy Hydro suspended

Hundreds of kilograms of silver iodide have been unleashed over ski fields and mountain peaks over a decade.

How high can Matt Burton kick a bomb? 16 Nelsons and 1 Toovey

Clint Gutherson should not be ashamed for dropping a Matt Burton bomb on Monday – two top scientists worked out just how high his kick soared. It’s frightening.

It might be the best individual try ever seen. Here’s how The Hammer did it

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow starts the run for his amazing try.

Wayne Bennett says it was in the “top two or three” in history. Phil Gould called it astonishing. Did Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow just score one of the best solo tries rugby league has seen?

Cummins reassures England a go-slow is ‘against the spirit of cricket’

Pat Cummins has dismissed suggestions Australia will try and tip England out of the Twenty20 World Cup by going easy on Scotland in Sunday morning’s match.

‘I was bored - it was tedious’: How Deborah became a dealmaker for the stars

Callaghan struck big deals for big names.

She’s been literary agent to a host of household names, but she started out in a less glamorous job.

Opinion
France

It’s just bread and butter, but it might be the best thing I’ve ever tasted

Bread and butter can be mind-blowing when you have it in France.

On my list of most memorable mouthfuls, this knob of butter from a market in France is simply mind-blowing.

Ben Groundwater
Ben Groundwater

Travel writer

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Chicken

What comes first, the chicken or your egg shortage?

It was the label on the chicken thawing on our kitchen bench that undid me. It read: “Our chooks forage and socialise outdoors.”

Jo Stubbings
Jo Stubbings

Writer and reviewer

Head chef at Korean restaurant Soul Dining Daero Lee talks kimchi at KMALL09.

The chef’s essential guide to food shopping at Sydney’s hugest and newest Asian supermarket

Owners of Soul Dining, Illa Kim and Daero Lee, take us around sprawling new KMALL0 and share their go-to Korean pantry ingredients and top cooking tips.

Netflix made us wait a month for more Bridgerton. Was it worth it?

Bridgerton season three, part 2, struggles to maintain the momentum of the first half.

The first half of season three reached all sorts of heights. But with the same old secret and a resoundingly boring man now at the centre of the story, how can it continue pleasing us?

This under-the-radar Netflix show is ‘like Monkey on steroids’

Critics have likened this humble detective turned judge to a Chinese Sherlock Holmes. If you liked a certain vintage 1980s series as a kid, this is for you.

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NRL 2024

Hynes misses kick to send match into extra-time, Dolphins prevail

Hynes misses kick to send match into extra-time, Dolphins prevail

The Dolphins have held on after a stirring Cronulla comeback, which included a try to Sione Katoa in the final 30 seconds.

Latrell Mitchell will try to nail  his final NSW audition Friday night.

‘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.

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Rental affordability in Sydney is not as bad as people think, analyst says

The 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.

Celebrity cop Gary Jubelin’s raunchy interview with his ex-partner

Pam Young and Gary Jubelin.

Podcasting detective Gary Jubelin’s ex-partner Pam Young reveals that nothing keeps the homicide squad veteran from pursuing his cases.

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Barrister Arthur Moses joins probe into paratrooper’s death

Barrister Arthur Moses joins probe into paratrooper’s death

Leading Sydney silk Arthur Moses has joined the probe into the death of special forces soldier Jack Fitzgibbon, son of former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon.

Webb tested again: Two police officers charged with assault of 92-year-old man

Ronald Hodge was allegedly assaulted by two police officers during an arrest at his Picton home.

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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Two dangerous choke points, two near misses. Vivid’s crowd problem

Large crowds at Vivid on Saturday night resulted in a “near miss” crowd crush incident.

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.

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Neil Armfield

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.

Nicholls’ new book is inspired by his own love of walking.

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.

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Property

The national vacancy rate has not been above 3 per cent since SQM research records began.

The magic number that tips the rental market in tenants’ favour

Experts say it’s been years since the market has favoured renters, and it would take years of high vacancy rates to reverse the rental crisis.

Conciliation meeting: Residents and owners gathering with Land and Environment Court Commissioner Peter Walsh outside 10 Onslow Avenue in Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay on Wednesday morning.

The neighbours desperate to stop building being demolished for luxury apartments

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.

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How high can Matt Burton kick a bomb? 16 Nelsons and 1 Toovey

Clint Gutherson should not be ashamed for dropping a Matt Burton bomb on Monday – two top scientists worked out just how high his kick soared. It’s frightening.

Pat Cummins

Cummins reassures England a go-slow is ‘against the spirit of cricket’

Pat Cummins has dismissed suggestions Australia will try and tip England out of the Twenty20 World Cup by going easy on Scotland in Sunday morning’s match.

Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow starts the run for his amazing try.

It might just be the best individual try ever. Here’s how The Hammer did it

Wayne Bennett says it was in the “top two or three” in history. Phil Gould called it astonishing. Did Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow just score one of the best solo tries rugby league has seen?

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 01: Tom Wright of the Brumbies looks to make his way around the tackler during the round 15 Super Rugby Pacific match between Western Force and ACT Brumbies at HBF Park, on June 01, 2024, in Perth, Australia. (Photo by James Worsfold/Getty Images)

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.

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NRL 2024

Cheese on toast: Can Brandon 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
Andrew Webster

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Big talent: Young playmaker Lachlan Galvin.

Galvin commits his future to the Wests Tigers

Despite discussing a release from the club, the boom youngster has decided he wants to stay with the club.

Latrell Mitchell will try to nail  his final NSW audition Friday night.

‘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.

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