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The MP with 4 jobs and the multimillion-dollar property development
Karen McKeown has held four jobs simultaneously this year, including her position as a government backbencher, netting an income higher than a minister’s salary.
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.
60,000 photos and videos found on phone of accused teen bishop stabber
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.
‘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.
Opinion
Sexism
It seemed a simple kiss on TV after the game, but it crossed a boundary
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
Regular columnist
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.
Analysis
Religion
A TikTok priest and a surfing nun: The new wave of conservative Christians
Young Australian Catholics are embracing social media but simultaneously going back to traditions like wearing veils and cassocks and celebrating Latin Mass.
Analysis
Political leadership
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.
Opinion
Globalisation
Globalisation might be worsening inequality, but I’m OK with that
It’s important to look at exactly how globalisation has tipped the scale when it comes to equality.
Millie Muroi
Business Reporter
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
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
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
On my list of most memorable mouthfuls, this knob of butter from a market in France is simply mind-blowing.
Ben Groundwater
Travel writer
Opinion
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
Writer and reviewer
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?
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.
NRL 2024
Opinion
Cheese on toast: Can Brandon Smith win back the support of Roosters?
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
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.
‘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.
Sydney
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
Podcasting detective Gary Jubelin’s ex-partner Pam Young reveals that nothing keeps the homicide squad veteran from pursuing his cases.
Exclusive
ADF
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
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.
Exclusive
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.
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
Exclusive
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.
Business
Telstra ditches carbon credits to push harder on direct emissions
The telco giant, 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
Crossover moment: Farage’s party outperforms Sunak’s Tories in polls for first time
Many conservative MPs are terrified Nigel Farage’s Reform Party will put the final nail in their coffin, not by winning their seat but by taking enough votes to hand power to Labour.
Opinion
Robo-debt wasn’t fair or legal - now we’ll never know if it was also corrupt
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
Dutton’s policy of astonishing weakness risks a Liberal wasteland
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
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Property
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.
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.
Good Food
Recipe collection
Curry
Friday night fakeaway: 20 comforting chicken curries
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
Exclusive
Performing arts
This band changed Australian music. Now they’re going out with a bang
The Herd are one of Australia’s best-known political acts. Befitting their activist origins, the band’s final song will be an anthem for Gaza.
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Sport
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.
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.
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?
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.
Opinion
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
Chief Sports Writer
Breaking
Around the clubs
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.
‘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.
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
