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Planning

Housing backtrack: Councils swoop on wiggle room in development plan

Roseville station.

New planning controls are due to be imposed in April, but documents reveal the government is prepared to allow councils another six months to devise their own plans around some train stations.

Just when Dutton is winning, he sounds like a sore loser

Dutton calls Albanese weak. Albanese calls Dutton angry. Each tries to pin a label on the other. But the strange thing is Dutton makes it so easy for his label to stick.

David Crowe
David Crowe

Chief political correspondent

Australia invented solar panels. Now 99 per cent of ours are made in China

Despite the government’s $1 billion announcement this week, Australian solar manufacturing could disappear offshore.

Josh Niland in his Rose Bay restaurant Charcoal Fish, which closes on Sunday.

Top chef Josh Niland is permanently closing two high-profile venues this weekend

After several years of rapid expansion, chef-restaurateur Josh Niland has announced the sudden closure of two of his businesses.

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Racism

AFL great shares footage of racial abuse hurled at children

Eddie Betts posted the video to Instagram.

Eddie Betts shared horrific footage of four children being abused while playing in what appears to be his front yard.

The digital revolution may be returning us to hi-tech serfdom

Led by a few big tech companies – Meta, Alphabet, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft – the digital revolution is turning capitalism into “technofeudalism”.

Ross Gittins
Ross Gittins

Economics Editor

Battle of the bunnies: 14 classic Easter eggs ranked from sickly to sensational

Lindt Gold Bunny.

Lindt Gold Bunny and Red Tulip Elegant Rabbit go head-to-head in an epic chocolate tasting battle. Find out who comes out on top.

Bumper travel quiz: Who used the slogan ‘the world’s favourite airline’?

From 1983 to 2001, which carrier used the slogan “the world’s favourite airline”?

Are you an expert traveller? Test your knowledge with this week’s super-sized travel quiz.

The best new shows to stream in April

Our guide to the best of what’s on the streamers and free-to-air this month.

Three presidents, a queen and a talk show host: Biden enlists big guns against Trump

Three presidents, a queen and a talk show host: Biden enlists big guns against Trump

With seven months until the US election, Democrats hope a single, star-studded event will add a record $US25 million to their war chest.

How do you make your mark when your parents are high achievers? This is how Rose Jackson does it

Rose Jackson reads every letter sent to her by a resident in housing commission accommodation.

The rising star in the Minns government looks to her ABC journalist mother Liz for inspiration.

Opinion
Drugs

Drugs aren’t just for tradies and ravers. Middle-aged, middle-class women do them too

Kate Halfpenny and her camping crew at Golden Plains 2024.

All drugs can destroy lives, finances, relationships. But in the spirit of openness, let’s not lie. They’re fun, and therein lies the rub.

Kate Halfpenny
Kate Halfpenny

Regular columnist

How much it costs to live near Australia’s best beaches

A patch of paradise won’t break the bank in some of the most beautiful and isolated locations in the country.

Leichhardt Oval.

How do you solve a problem like Leichhardt Oval?

Leichhardt Oval faces a funding crisis after the government refused to pay for upgrades and the Wests Tigers threatened to leave. But why, exactly, is it so bad?

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NRL 2024

Penrith are marching to a fourth straight title. Is their dominance killing the NRL?

Happy cats: Penrith prevail for a ninth win straight win over the Roosters.

The Penrith Panthers have become a relentless, insatiable winning machine. But is this necessarily a good thing?

Pitbull v praying mantis: The danger man Tszyu must beat en route to boxing immortality

On Sunday in Las Vegas, Tim Tszyu will face an opponent eerily similar to the one his father, Kostya, fought at Parramatta Stadium in 1996.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster

Chief Sports Writer

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NRL 2024

Sunia Turuva will explore his options at rival clubs.
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NRL rookie of the year Turuva could be on the move as negotiations stall

The agent of the NRL’s 2023 rookie of the year recently met with the Panthers to inform them that he would now seek offers from rival clubs after negotiations stalled.

South Sydney coach Jason Demetriou

Demetriou on the future, Latrell and Souths’ new pocket rocket

Rabbitohs skipper Cameron Murray failed to train on Thursday but will play as coach Jason Demetriou addressed his future and reasons for delaying Jye Gray’s debut.

Sydney

Easter long weekenders are in for warm and dry weather across the state.

Good Friday ushers in perfect Easter weather in Sydney – but a warning to campers

Warm and sunny conditions are forecast across much of the state this Easter long weekend.

Sydney’s Shore school mourns death of year 11 boy

The Sydney Church of England Grammar School’s main campus in North Sydney.

The year 11 boy died after apparently suffering an anaphylactic reaction to food while travelling home from a school sports function with his family.

‘No confidence’: Newington College old boys revolt at council meeting

‘No confidence’: Newington College old boys revolt at council meeting

Former Newington College students have passed votes of no confidence in its old boys union, school council and headmaster at a major alumni meeting.

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Crime

Mother’s body covered in mystery acid burns before death, inquest told

Monika Chetty was found with burns to 80 per cent of her body.

The body of former nurse Monika Chetty was covered in burns, which were untreated for weeks. But no one knows how she got them.

What’s driving a surge in whooping cough cases among NSW children?

Whooping cough is on the rise in Sydney.

Whooping cough diagnoses, which dropped dramatically during the pandemic, have escalated in school-aged children this year.

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Nam Le in Melbourne in February.

Nam Le returns with poetry, but the question is: Where’s his novel?

Sixteen years after The Boat, his barnstorming book of short stories, Nam Le has surprised publishers and readers alike with a book of poems.

Nick Cave performs at the Sydney Opera House on Friday night.

Five great gigs you really should not miss in April

This month’s must-see list includes some gentle folk, ’90s anthems, the next generation of pub rock, blockbuster R&B and an Australian icon who’s ageing like fine wine.

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Shohei Ohtani.

The mystery of baseball’s billion-dollar man, his interpreter, and the betting scandal that rocked US sport

Shohei Ohtani’s perfect image has been besmirched by allegations of a $4.5 million bank transfer to an illegal bookmaker in California - which he’s pinned on his longtime minder and interpreter.

Super Rugby struggles to escape the gigantic shadow cast by the NRL and AFL.

Rugby will be a winter sport forever - or will it?

A few years ago I would have been hostile to even contemplate a switch to summer to align with the northern hemisphere. Now I am merely neutral, not to mention curious.

Paul Cully
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Rugby columnist

Happy cats: Penrith prevail for a ninth win straight win over the Roosters.
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NRL 2024

Penrith are marching to a fourth straight title. Is their dominance killing the NRL?

The Penrith Panthers have become a relentless, insatiable winning machine. But is this necessarily a good thing?

Tim Tszyu and Sebastian Fundora face off in Las Vegas.

Pitbull v praying mantis: The danger man Tszyu must beat en route to boxing immortality

On Sunday in Las Vegas, Tim Tszyu will face an opponent eerily similar to the one his father, Kostya, fought at Parramatta Stadium in 1996.

Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster

Chief Sports Writer

Lalakai Foketi back at training with the Waratahs this week.

A Wallabies star heard a ‘pop’ in his neck. He feared he may not run with his kids again

Waratahs centre Lalakai Foketi has spoken about a scary injury that saw him rushed to hospital last month.

South Sydney need a win against Canterbury on Good Friday.

Jason Demetriou has won a grand final from 0-3. All is not lost for South Sydney

The South Sydney coach should know what can be achieved after an awful start to a season. He helped pull off the ultimate NRL fairytale.

Sunia Turuva will explore his options at rival clubs.
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NRL 2024

He just scored his first hat-trick … and now Turuva is on the market

The agent of the NRL’s 2023 rookie of the year recently met with the Panthers to inform them that he would now seek offers from rival clubs after negotiations stalled.

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