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Toll road giant Transurban has released internal modelling that is contested by the man leading a sweeping review of Sydney’s motorway network.
The virtues of modesty and virginity will be discussed at the talks,which parents have criticised as outdated.
The criminal trial of former president Donald Trump has heard much about Australian journalist Dylan Howard’s role in perfecting the dark art of “catch and kill”.
Supporters of Australia’s richest woman wanted the National Gallery of Australia to remove portraits of her. Now both have received much more exposure than Gina Rinehart bargained for.
Columnist and senior journalist
The opposition leader’s catchy “billions for billionaires” has the potential to destroy the PM’s Future Made in Australia before it’s had a chance to begin.
Political and international editor
NSW established the Specialist Family Violence court list in September last year. So how is it working?
Australia has the highest rooftop solar penetration in the world,which brings both opportunities for decarbonisation and challenges for the grid.
The 41-year-old was arrested in Sydney’s west. Police allege he used his position to “engage inappropriately with children”.
Louisville police have charged the Masters champion with a variety of offences,which required the golfer to start his warm-up in a jail cell before the second round.
When Kathleen Folbigg had her long-standing convictions for the deaths of her four infant children quashed last year,lawyer Rhanee Rego was right by her side.
Dozens of Australian parents and children have been caught in this outdated,cruel system. Now the Japanese government has finally relented.
The father of Australian rugby league player Payne Haas has been arrested in the Philippines and is accused of running enough drugs in Indonesia to qualify for the death penalty.
Australia’s oldest AIDS charity is taking the battle against HIV,homophobia and discrimination to western Sydney as the virus affects a new generation.
Who is that strangely familiar figure turning out as one of the doubles players for Marrickville in the fourth rubber?
Columnist and author
Australian investment legend David Paradice showed form when he bought into North Bondi’s oceanfront in 2007. Values have come a long way since.
Bold new films from The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and Kevin Costner show there are still mavericks in American cinema,but can they pull it off?
The American senator on the “so-called” American Dream,the influence of his working-class upbringing – and making money from books.
Butcher and philanthropist Vince Garreffa has never forgotten what his former teacher,Irene Froyland,said to him when he told her he was leaving school.
I’ve just returned from Hong Kong,London and Paris – three cities notable for what they lack when compared with Sydney:space. And yet they’re the richer for it.
Sydney editor
A wealthy family company based in Hong Kong was cleared to operate a casino in Australia. But it does not want media coverage of a report into its suitability.
Controversial academic Tim Anderson’s job was terminated after he showed students slides featuring the symbol imposed over the Israeli flag.
Barbara Brown,an American tourist,was travelling around Australia when she vanished. Now two women are determined to find out what happened.
Influenza and COVID-19 are spreading rapidly in NSW,but they are not our only problem.
The Brisbane and NSW star’s night appeared over when he limped off the field at the hour mark,but he returned to the field to help his side to a one-point win.
Canberra went down to 11 men but fought back to score a 24-20 win over an error-prone Canterbury at Magic Round.
Economists and property industry figures say Dutton’s pledge to cut migration and ban foreign home buyers could make the nation poorer.
The property giant has moved to simplify its business with the sale of life sciences interests in Asia,with chairman Michael Ullmer reportedly on his way out.
Economics Editor
Senior business columnist
Nancy Pelosi was in Washington when David DePape went to her San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband Paul with a hammer.
Journalist,broadcaster,historian and author
Regular columnist
Middle East and security analyst
Journalist and author
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After 30 runways,countless lace catsuits and random sea life,here are the moments that defined Australian Fashion Week 2024.
Now in its 28th year,the prize is given to an Australian writer of fiction aged 35 or under.
He was scorned by his 12 minutes in Origin I last year. Now,the Sharks halfback looms as Michael Maguire’s most important player.
Australian cheerleaders proclaiming rugby league’s “victory” over the 15-man code across the ditch display a profound lack of understanding about the country’s sporting landscape.
Roosters coach has spoken for the first time about Titans star pulling out of his deal to join the Tricolours,and revealed the door is still open for Angus Crichton to re-sign.
Sydney have shown again why they are the team to beat after a thumping victory over the Blues at the SCG.
Origin demands a certain type of player and Michael Maguire needs to make the right choices when he selects his first team.
Sports Columnist