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China relations
Criminals infiltrate elite police drug taskforce
An elite police unit working with Australia and New Zealand to fight surging drug trafficking in the Pacific may have been compromised by a powerful criminal syndicate.
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Social media
Elon Musk’s war with Australia: Coalition pushes age limits for social media
As Musk provoked worldwide attention for his fight against the Australian take-down order, the Coalition revealed it was in favour of barring young children from digital platforms.
Price pressures to ease but Australians hit by tax surge
Inflation is forecast to have fallen to its lowest level since 2021 as price pressures ease, but taxes are now weighing on Australians.
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How To Poison a Planet
From coffee cups to phones: How toxic chemicals snuck into every part of your daily life
They are on your phones and make your frying pans non-stick. But forever chemicals are linked to cancer, lurking in your blood and nearly every corner of your home.
‘Unattainable’: Median house price hits record high of $1.6 million
Sydney house prices are now more than twice that of units, a record gap that pointed to well-heeled buyers driving demand in a tight market.
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State Parliament
New Sydney housing targets rattle advocates and developers
Details about NSW’s transport development zones have developers and peak community housing groups in agreement.
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Casinos
Bleak outlook for The Star as nemesis Crown awarded licence
Crown Sydney has proven it can clean up its act. But across the city, its arch rival The Star is facing a very different outlook.
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Pay
‘It was never about the money’: NSW’s junior doctors win $230 million payout
At the end of a 100-hour week, Dr Fakhouri was too exhausted to drive home. Now she has helped win record backpay for 20,000 colleagues.
After six years, I still love my job. But people keep telling me it’s time to move on
If you stay in the one place, there’s always a chance you’ll look back and wonder what might have been.
After more than 250 years, Aboriginal spears stolen by James Cook return home
The Gweagal spears were taken in 1770 when the Endeavour arrived at Botany Bay in the first meeting between the British and the Indigenous Gweagal people of Kamay.
Parramatta’s woes run deeper than just a drubbing in Darwin
All the focus is on Brad Arthur and the Eels’ position on the ladder, but things aren’t looking rosy under the surface either.
‘It’s easy to throw stones’: RA chairman fires back at agitators
Daniel Herbert has responded to a group who has publicly called for the RA board to be sacked.
Elisabeth Shue was a star. Here’s why she disappeared from the limelight
If the Shue fits … Hollywood should’ve embraced her.
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Air travel
I tried the ‘world’s best neck pillow’ and I still didn’t sleep
One reviewer declared this pillow “makes the middle seat feel like first class”, which seems like hyperbole to me. So I tried it for myself.
Ben Groundwater
Travel writer
Opinion
Sex & relationships
Does polyamory make you happier? Yes, but there may be a throuple of hurdles
It seems many who try it share more, with more people, and get more out of it. But there are dangers.
Peter Quarry
Psychologist
NRL 2024
Finucane finally puts himself first and quits the game he loves
After 13 seasons with three clubs, Dale Finucane announced his medical retirement at 32 after suffering repeated concussions.
‘Fear and embarrassment’: Wally Lewis opens up on CTE experience
The rugby league Immortal has spoken about his diagnosis and called on the government to invest more in research into the neurodegenerative condition.
Sydney
Analysis
Population
Rise of the tombstone suburb: Wealthy Sydney areas where deaths outnumber births
Sydney’s population is booming thanks to migration, but deaths are outnumbering births in a growing share of mainly wealthy suburbs.
Rozelle interchange ‘hotspots’ were known 16 months before opening
Senior managers from toll road operator Transurban have told an inquiry that the analysis was shared with the previous Coalition government.
The pub split between two Sydney councils and the fight over who should get it
It pays two sets of rates and has to put in development applications twice. The Winston Hotel’s owners have had enough.
‘Deliberately wicked and calculated’: Ten pursues Lehrmann for costs
Network Ten has told the Federal Court that Bruce Lehrmann should pay all of its legal costs of defending his failed defamation suit.
Beau Lamarre-Condon’s lawyer says murder charges ‘could be defendable’
Lamarre-Condon, a former NSW Police officer, did not appear in court for a compliance hearing on Tuesday, as his lawyers gave an update on his life in prison.
Politics
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International students
Student visa crackdown risks bilateral relations, says former top diplomat
The Albanese government’s fix for migration has come under fire from the opposition and former high commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell.
Business
Analysis
Cars
‘Just didn’t add up’: Could you survive without a car?
More and more of us are opting to go carless as the cost of owning a vehicle continues to rise.
Emily Chantiri
World
‘Infiltrators’: Indian PM accused of using hate speech against Muslims
Critics of Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, say India’s tradition of secularism has come under attack since his party won power a decade ago.
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Property
Eight of our favourite luxury homes for sale right now
From a custom wine room to an 18-hole golf course and onyx verde surfaces, we’ve rounded up our pick of the prestige property on the market.
Suburbs where landlords haven’t been able to increase the rent for five years
Despite Australia’s widespread rental crisis, a handful of suburbs have had near-negligible rent increases in the past five years, with some even recording price drops.
Good Food
Lifestyle
The benefits of introducing apple cider vinegar to your diet
While research supports some health claims around the popular drink, other studies show it can cause more harm than good.
Culture
Can babies and live comedy ever mix? We asked a bunch of comedians
Arj Barker asked a woman and her baby to leave his show. Would others have done the same?
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Sport
‘No decision to be made’: Finucane finally puts himself first and quits the game he loves
After 13 seasons with the Bulldogs, the Storm and the Sharks, Dale Finucane announced his medical retirement at 32 after suffering repeated concussions.
Trindall left a teammate’s house party at midnight. Ten hours later he was charged by police
The Sharks star celebrated the win over the Cowboys on Sunday night by partying with teammates. The next morning he recorded a mid-range alcohol reading and a positive test to an illicit substance.
‘It’s easy to throw stones’: Herbert fires back at agitators calling for RA board revolt
Rugby Australia chairman Daniel Herbert has responded to a group who has publicly called for the RA board to be sacked.
Why Parramatta’s woes run deeper than just a drubbing in Darwin
All the focus is on Brad Arthur and the Eels’ position on the NRL ladder, but things aren’t looking rosy under the surface either.
‘Fear and embarrassment’: Wally Lewis opens up on CTE experience
The rugby league Immortal has spoken about his diagnosis and called on the government to invest more in research into the neurodegenerative condition.
A-League player Angel Torres charged with rape, stalking and assault
The Colombian player was arrested in Terrigal over the alleged sexual assault of a 21-year-old woman.
The $3000-a-head dinner that could change everything for Socceroos
Cristian Volpato, the A-League reject now playing in one of Europe’s top leagues, will be the hot topic when Graham Arnold and Italian icon Francesco Totti break bread.
Have Your Say
The Chinese swimming scandal explained
The story that broke on the weekend involving nearly two dozen Chinese swimmers testing positive to a banned substance before the Tokyo Olympics has rocked world sport.