Opinion
Sydney siege
A madman, a sawn-off shotgun and 18 hostages: How a killer terrorised my city for 17 hours
Across from a TV studio and in one of Sydney’s busiest pedestrian precincts, a deadly terror attack played out on a scale Australia had never seen before.
- by Deborah Snow
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Refugees
‘Every day is a living hell’: The Australians languishing in a Syrian detention camp
Thirty-four Australian women and children, relatives of Islamic State fighters, are trapped in a desert camp in Syria, five years after the fall of IS. They want to know why they have been forgotten.
- by Deborah Snow
Bob Carr to launch pro-Labor Muslim initiative in western Sydney
Islamic community leader Dr Jamal Rifi has recruited Bob Carr to help push back against Muslim independents in western Sydney.
- by Deborah Snow
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National security
ASIO boss caught in political crossfire over Gaza refugees
ASIO boss Mike Burgess has found himself ensnared in the political dispute over security screening of refugees.
- by Deborah Snow
‘I haven’t joined to preside over its decline’: Red Cross chief on charity’s future
A key challenge facing Andrew Colvin as he joins the Red Cross is how to replenish ageing volunteer ranks from younger generations.
- by Deborah Snow
‘Going into politics has taught me I’ve got more courage than I thought’
Two years ago, she was a “shy”, reluctant pollie. Now Allegra Spender’s navigating the fallout from tragedies at home and abroad.
- by Deborah Snow
Opinion
Ageing
Michael Mosley’s death reminded me of what an ER doctor once told me
The modern truism that 80 is the new 60, and 60 is the new 40, ignores the fact that not everyone’s body is going to get the memo.
- by Deborah Snow
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ADF
Barrister Arthur Moses joins investigation into paratrooper’s death
Leading Sydney silk Arthur Moses has joined the probe into the death of special forces soldier Jack Fitzgibbon, son of former defence minister Joel Fitzgibbon.
- by Deborah Snow
‘Vulnerable cohort’: What is it about teenagers and terrorism – and what is being done?
Relations between Muslim communities and the authorities are at rock bottom while commitment to programs to counter violent extremism appears lacking.
- by Deborah Snow
Why has one knife attacker been labelled a terrorist, and the other, not?
An uneasy calm has now settled on the city after a horror week, but questions remain about why one attacker was labelled a terrorist, and the other wasn’t.
- by Deborah Snow
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Defamation
Forensic gaze of Justice Lee left no one unscathed in Lehrmann defamation case
Bruce Lehrmann, Brittany Higgins and Lisa Wilkinson were all criticised in a defamation judgment that will be required reading for years to come.
- by Deborah Snow
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