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‘Tasmania’s Byron Bay’ and four other easy summer getaways

With this season proving to be a scorcher, here are the best places to go to beat the heat.

  • Craig Tansley

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Erosion due to wild weather at Wamberal Beach on the Central Coast of NSW in 2020.

‘Managed retreat’: Should Australians withdraw from our beloved coastlines?

Climate change is increasing the rate and severity of coastal erosion, leading some experts to call for a “managed retreat” from beachfront development.

  • Bianca Hall
A lack of meaningful reform on addressing housing affordability keeps the nation’s business leaders up at night.

How bad is Sydney’s housing crisis? It’s an early sign of economic decline

Affordability isn’t just about young people staying at home longer than they might want to. It’s an alert for a brewing catastrophe.

  • Robert Pradolin
Joanne Cockle stresses constantly about paying for appointments for herself and her two children with autism (she cancelled a specialist appointment before christmas because she couldn’t afford the $380 gap fee). More than half of people in NSW reported their mental health was worse because of cost of living pressures, a new survey has found. Bateau Bay, January 23, 2025. Photo: Rhett Wyman / SMH

NSW is in a cost-of-living crisis. Here’s what it is doing to our health

Joanne Cockle cancelled a specialist appointment because she couldn’t afford the $380 gap fee. Balancing her own needs with those of her two children is a constant stress.

  • Angus Thomson
Going nuts for Nutbush.

This unique festival has Nutbush, dress-ups and the best of Oz music

Landing solo at this festival hundreds of kilometres from the nearest major city should be intimidating. But there’s too much to like.

  • Melissa Mason
Composite image of Deputy Chief Magistrate Sharon Freund and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists president Elizabeth Moore.

Judges, doctors warn of ‘unacceptable risk’ to public safety

Doctors are deeply concerned for their severely mentally ill patients and the public, as Sydney courts brace for the impact on the criminal justice system.

  • Kate Aubusson and Angus Thomson
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The Eve Hotel in Sydney.

The great Melbourne, Sydney hotel boom enters stylish new era

Australia’s two biggest cities are finally addressing a shortage in visitor beds, with serious design credentials to boot.

  • Julietta Jameson
Pictured is Jessica Comish at her home on the south coast. Sunday19th January, 2025. She is pictured for Angus Thomson mental health story. Picture: Dylan Coker / The Sydney Morning Herald ...

On the worst day of Jessica’s life, the only doctor who could help her was on a screen

Two-thirds of psychiatrists in NSW public hospitals will quit this week. The impact for patients like Jessica Comish will be devastating in a system already strained.

  • Angus Thomson
Composite image of gutted Wyong Hospital maternity unit.

This birthing unit couldn’t find staff. Now it’s being replaced with offices

The gutting of Wyong Hospital’s maternity unit will leave the Central Coast’s 350,000 people with only one remaining birthing unit.

  • Angus Thomson

Wellness crazies are telling women to ditch the pill. It’s lunacy

Influencers are urging women to abandon hormonal contraceptives like the pill in favour of “period-tracking” apps. But it’s bad advice, unless you want to be pregnant.

  • Jenna Price

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