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Hunter Valley tragedy
‘Extraordinary devastation’: Hunter bus driver to spend decades in prison
Brett Button has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison over the fatal crash that claimed 10 lives and injured dozens more.
A concerned father went to check on his sons. He made a horrific discovery
Nick Smith found the bodies of his two sons, nine-year-old Ben and 11-year-old Russell, on Tuesday. Their mother is in hospital under police guard.
Breaking
Crime
Man charged over ‘brazen public place shooting’ murder in Sydney
The 41-year-old allegedly shot another man dead in the city’s west. Police say it was not driven by drugs or money, but a personal grievance.
Live
US Votes 2024
Taylor Swift, ‘childless cat lady’, endorses Kamala Harris after high-stakes debate
In the debate, Donald Trump also fuelled a false claim about immigration being so out of control that illegal immigrants were kidnapping and eating people’s pets. Follow live.
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US politics
Kamala sliced Trump like sashimi, when he wasn’t doing it himself
Trump saved his best for last, but it was too late to recover from what will go down as a genuinely shocking performance.
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
‘Eating cats’: What false claims were made during the Trump, Harris debate
Donald Trump backed false rumours about immigrants eating pets and then claimed he oversaw the most dynamic economy in the world.
Sydney’s battlegrounds: The councils in play at this weekend’s elections
Millions of voters will determine who controls the state’s 128 local councils on Saturday. Here are some of the crucial power struggles to watch.
Live
Protests
Police fire rubber bullets, claim acid was thrown at them as demonstration turns ugly
Some people threw horse manure, rotten tomatoes and eggs at police as a protest at a weapons expo in Melbourne heated up.
Six former or current politicians under scrutiny from corruption watchdog
The watchdog also revealed it is looking into the conduct of three current or former political staff.
In 1908, verandahs were banned in Newtown. This man wants to bring them back
There’s an awning gap between the wide shady spaces of the streets of the past and cities we live in today. James Cottam wants them back.
That’s no iPhone: The $4200 phone that folds twice
Just hours after Apple launched its latest iPhone, China’s Huawei made a bid to steal the spotlight.
Opinion
Oil
The oil market is spiralling as the cartel loses control
The world is overflowing with oil and OPEC has failed in its latest attempt to stop prices tumbling.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Fewer hours but not a spike in unemployment: RBA
Jobs market is still strong but is starting to slow, says the Reserve Bank. But rather than a big jump in unemployment, the bank thinks hours will be cut.
Analysis
FIFA World Cup
Socceroos doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
As unpleasant as it is to say, Australia’s struggles in possession against anything resembling an organised defence are starting to look like a Graham Arnold problem.
In hundreds of games, one opponent made DCE lose his cool. He’s playing him on Sunday
When Daly Cherry-Evans and Stephen Crichton face off this weekend, memories of the recent State of Origin series won’t be far from the surface.
Glam new Scottish hotel’s divisive look has earned it a rude nickname
W Edinburgh looks like nothing else in the city. And the views from this swirling newcomer are out of this world.
King Charles drops cancelled word from Australian tour
King Charles will drop the term from his tour of Australia in October, as the Palace seeks to avoid offending Indigenous communities.
The secret to making fried rice just like a country Australian-Chinese restaurant
Plus how to make tangy lemon chicken, sweet and sticky honey prawns, and savoury beef with black bean.
NRL 2024
Opinion
Phil Gould showed a masterclass in how to handle a white-substance crisis
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
Knights to fly on Air NRL after being short-changed by AFL shake-up
A last-minute finals scheduling change had left Newcastle facing one of the NRL’s most gruelling trips on a shorter turnaround.
Addo-Carr seeking immediate reinstatement for second week of finals
If the Bulldogs beat Manly without him, Josh Addo-Carr wants to be catapulted straight back into the Canterbury line-up for next week’s playoff clash.
Sydney
Greenwich condemns ‘Trump-style attacks’ after defamation win against Latham
The Independent Sydney MP has been awarded $140,000 in damages after he won his defamation case against the former NSW One Nation leader over an offensive tweet.
Sydney teacher granted bail over alleged sexual assault of student
Maths teacher Roj Dalisay allegedly assaulted one of his students in 2020 and 2021 at a large Sydney Catholic school.
Analysis
Housing crisis
The hidden downside to Sydney’s love affair with shiny new trains
NSW has fallen behind other states in delivering new housing – and our infrastructure boom is one reason why.
Updated
Crime
Heartbreaking images of family emerge after mother arrested over boys’ deaths
Photos showed an apparently happy, loving family before two boys were found dead in a Blue Mountains home and their mother arrested.
Sydney Uni became ‘toxic’ after Hamas attacks: Jewish academic
A former Sydney University academic has lodged a SafeWork complaint alleging the vice chancellor failed to protect Jewish students from “psychosocial harm”.
Politics
Exclusive
Tech crackdown
Government hammers big tech with barrage of new laws
Albanese has vowed to protect Australian sovereignty, while others in the government confirmed the plans for reforms on copyright, payments, content and online safety.
Business
Wall Street wait has dealt Donald Trump a $6b blow
Trump will soon be allowed to sell the shares he owns in his media company. The wait has been costly.
World
SpaceX launches billionaire on first private spacewalk mission
The Falcon 9 crew is shooting for an orbit far beyond the International Space Station — an altitude of 1400 kilometres, which surpasses the record set by NASA’s Project Gemini in 1966.
Opinion
I’m glad my doctor told me I was fat. Otherwise, I’d be dead
Jenna Price
Columnist and academic
Yes, prime minister, we should keep kids off the apps. But how, exactly?
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
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Property
Landlords could once hike rents by 20 per cent a year. That’s changing
Rents are much higher than pre-COVID, but there are signs renters are reaching a limit.
Sydney home sellers’ profits double in a decade as windfall gains change lives
House sellers have been able to bank windfall gains, but everyone else risks being left behind as the property market soars out of reach.
Good Food
Lifestyle
My boss is catfishing me online. What can I do?
Pretending to be someone else online is absolutely not OK, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.
Culture
Breaking
US Votes 2024
Taylor Swift, childless cat lady, endorses Kamala Harris
The world’s most powerful pop star has made her decision ahead of the US presidential election.
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Sport
In more than 350 games only one opponent has made DCE lose his cool. And he’s playing him on Sunday
When Daly Cherry-Evans and Stephen Crichton face off this weekend, memories of the recent State of Origin series won’t be far from the surface.
Analysis
FIFA World Cup
Socceroos doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
As unpleasant as it is to say, Australia’s struggles in possession against anything resembling an organised defence are starting to look like a Graham Arnold problem.
Maya had a $220,000 decision to make. She chose college
Australian Maya Joint has been forced to forfeit a large chunk of her US Open prizemoney due to college laws in the United States.
Analysis
NRL 2024
A Corolla, phone charger and an EzyMart store: Inside Addo-Carr’s fateful 48 hours
Josh Addo-Carr left some of his teammates at the Roosters-Rabbitohs game just after 8.30pm. What happened next may define Canterbury’s season.
Analysis
Wallabies
After record Wallabies defeat, there are no pitchfork-wielding mobs. Is that a good or bad sign?
The reasons for the extraordinary second-half collapse in Santa Fe are still being analysed. But the response to Argentina’s 67-27 win has also been unusual.
Knights to fly on Air NRL after being short-changed by AFL shake-up
A last-minute finals scheduling change had left Newcastle facing one of the NRL’s most gruelling trips on a shorter turnaround.
Addo-Carr seeking immediate reinstatement for second week of finals
If the Bulldogs beat Manly without him, Josh Addo-Carr wants to be catapulted straight back into the Canterbury line-up for next week’s playoff clash.
Have Your Say
In one media conference, Phil Gould showed South Sydney how to handle a white-substance crisis
The Bulldogs general manager muddied the waters with a social media post about Josh Addo-Carr’s alleged drug positive. On Tuesday, he took the sting out of the story before it became a dumpster fire.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
