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Ben Cubby is an investigative reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.

‘I thought I was friends with Nova’: Craig Foster on the spat that rocked the republican movement

‘I thought I was friends with Nova’: Craig Foster on the spat that rocked the republican movement

The ex-Socceroo goes “all in” on the things he cares about, but it comes at a cost.

  • by Ben Cubby

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Banned pesticide among toxic cocktail discovered in state’s west

Banned pesticide among toxic cocktail discovered in state’s west

A government monitoring program has detected traces of many potentially toxic agricultural chemicals on public land.

  • by Ben Cubby
Qantas pilot and aviation ‘mentor’ among those who died in plane collision

Qantas pilot and aviation ‘mentor’ among those who died in plane collision

Investigators on Sunday scrutinised the wreckage of two planes that collided on Saturday south-west of Sydney, killing three men.

  • by Angus Dalton and Ben Cubby
New ‘forever chemical’ tests zero in on contamination source
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New ‘forever chemical’ tests zero in on contamination source

Independent tests have linked PFAS contamination in the Blue Mountains to the site of a 1992 petrol tanker crash.

  • by Ben Cubby and Carrie Fellner
‘Enormous implications’: Australia’s tap water clean-up could cost billions
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Pollution

‘Enormous implications’: Australia’s tap water clean-up could cost billions

Authorities have proposed much lower safe limits for cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in drinking water. What does it mean for you?

  • by Carrie Fellner, Ben Cubby and Daniel Lo Surdo
‘$19 for 356 copies’: Hundreds of authors unpaid after publisher closes the book

‘$19 for 356 copies’: Hundreds of authors unpaid after publisher closes the book

A publishing house run by three-times-bankrupt Edwin Jason McBride has gone into liquidation.

  • by Ben Cubby
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‘Civilisation versus barbarism’: Standing ovation for Dutton at Jewish vigil

‘Civilisation versus barbarism’: Standing ovation for Dutton at Jewish vigil

Thousands of people from Sydney’s Jewish community have gathered in a solemn vigil to commemorate the October 7 attacks.

  • by Ben Cubby
‘Evil walked the earth’: The day hell came to a Sydney woman’s family

‘Evil walked the earth’: The day hell came to a Sydney woman’s family

Australian Jews have commemorated the first anniversary of the October 7 attacks with a candlelit ceremony on the shore of Sydney Harbour.

  • by Ben Cubby
Man charged over crash that killed two best mates and married couple

Man charged over crash that killed two best mates and married couple

A 23-year-old was charged over the deaths of Lochie Jacobs, Joey Urban and married couple Graham and Sue Tait.

  • by Jessica McSweeney and Ben Cubby
Tributes flow for two young men and parents of five killed in horror crash

Tributes flow for two young men and parents of five killed in horror crash

At least 249 people have lost their lives in road accidents so far this year in NSW.

  • by Ben Cubby
NSW parliament to hold ‘forever chemicals’ inquiry after drinking water contamination

NSW parliament to hold ‘forever chemicals’ inquiry after drinking water contamination

The upper house inquiry will examine the presence of cancer-linked chemicals in drinking water following the closure of dams where PFAS were found.

  • by Ben Cubby

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