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Jordan Baker is Chief Reporter of The Sydney Morning Herald. She was previously Education Editor.

Osteoporosis drugs, track changes and abuse claims: Review into greyhound racing scandal
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Osteoporosis drugs, track changes and abuse claims: Review into greyhound racing scandal

The state government moved to head off mounting controversy over allegations of horrific animal cruelty by announcing a review into the industry.

  • by Christopher Harris and Jordan Baker

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New details of horrific cruelty emerge as premier backs greyhound racing
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New details of horrific cruelty emerge as premier backs greyhound racing

An explosive report by greyhound racing’s former chief vet alleges a litany of welfare issues ranging from appalling animal distress to the discovery of burned and frozen carcasses.

  • by Jordan Baker
Explosive report alleges ‘morass of exploitation and suffering’ in NSW greyhound racing
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Explosive report alleges ‘morass of exploitation and suffering’ in NSW greyhound racing

The former chief vet at Greyhound Racing NSW has claimed that the industry is barbaric, immoral and unsustainable, and leaders are inflating the number of re-homed dogs.

  • by Jordan Baker
A mother’s love and a father who ‘tried to kill us’

A mother’s love and a father who ‘tried to kill us’

Images posted by the mother of the children killed in the Lalor Park house fire reveal “a bond like no other”.

  • by Jordan Baker, Perry Duffin and Clare Sibthorpe
‘Do you like this position?’: The workplace rife with shocking sexual harassment

‘Do you like this position?’: The workplace rife with shocking sexual harassment

More than a dozen current and former Corrective Services workers, including guards, administrative assistants and senior managers from different prisons say they endured humiliating harassment and assault,

  • by Jordan Baker
Can reality TV stars be politicians in Australia? Survivor star King George thinks so

Can reality TV stars be politicians in Australia? Survivor star King George thinks so

Known on the show as the king of Bankstown, George Mladenov was the first back-room political operative on Australian Survivor. Now he’s considering getting back on the hustings.

  • by Jordan Baker
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Fewer than 10 child athletes will head to Paris. Ruby is one of them

Fewer than 10 child athletes will head to Paris. Ruby is one of them

Skater Ruby Trew has been competing internationally since she was six. She will be among a handful of children vying for gold in Paris.

  • by Jordan Baker
Difficult, paranoid and polarising: Dissecting the contradiction that is Julian Assange

Difficult, paranoid and polarising: Dissecting the contradiction that is Julian Assange

The messier parts of his story are inconvenient for some of Assange’s supporters. It shows how hard it is, in the modern world, to advocate for a flawed man.

  • by Jordan Baker
The physical abuse was criminal. Sarah’s isolation and humiliation weren’t. That now changes

The physical abuse was criminal. Sarah’s isolation and humiliation weren’t. That now changes

New laws that take effect on Monday are a major shift in NSW’s response to domestic violence.

  • by Jordan Baker and Clare Sibthorpe
Toby gaslighted his wife and manipulated her. Then he crossed a sacred line

Toby gaslighted his wife and manipulated her. Then he crossed a sacred line

It might be a night in a cell or the threat of losing their family, but sometimes violent and controlling men want to change. Unfortunately, help is hard to find.

  • by Jordan Baker
A TikTok priest and a surfing nun: The new wave of conservative Christians
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A TikTok priest and a surfing nun: The new wave of conservative Christians

Young Australian Catholics are embracing social media but simultaneously going back to traditions like wearing veils and cassocks and celebrating Latin Mass.

  • by Jordan Baker

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