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Thousands cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the 2024 marathon.

Sydney’s marathon should not leave locals behind in pursuit of status

Organisers should remember it was the participation of local runners who helped them win world status.

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A caravan packed with explosives? Sydney’s Jewish community deserves better than 10 days of silence

A hastily convened press conference on Wednesday has raised more questions than it answered.

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Emergency waiting room at a hospital.

Who pays for COVID’s victims? Ultimately, we all do

Even if you do not care about the health of others, there is a self-interested reason to want fewer people spending months of their lives in private hospitals.

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Political events overseas, including the election of President Donald Trump, have made a political football of investor sustainability issues.

Mars, you’ve been warned: Donald Trump launches second term like a rocket

With rambling, ranting and retribution, the 21st century’s foremost political showman has given us a good glimpse at the next four years.

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Bill Shorten will leave politics on Monday.

The NDIS is Shorten’s legacy, and Labor’s problem

The NDIS may be one of modern Labor’s biggest reforms, but the unwieldy scheme has come at a big cost politicians will spend years wrangling.

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RTBU president Craig Turner and RTBU secretary Toby Warnes.

Rail union’s industrial bastardry must stop. Take the pay offer and get back to work

Militant union leaders must immediately drop the gun they have been holding to the head of every Sydney commuter for many months now.

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Sydney’s young people deserve to be heard – before we lose them for good

Sydney’s housing crisis is here and now – and the city’s young people don’t think they can wait much longer for large-scale solutions.

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**AFR FIRST USE** Generic gen23 exam test high school certificate education students testing hsc. Photographed at Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Snr Campus in Sydney on June 20, 2024. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer

Better oversight of HSC top achievers’ private coaching needed

Sydney’s estimated multimillion-dollar private tutoring industry is continuing to grow but a lack of regulation means its impact on the education system is difficult to assess. 

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Planning for schools must be front and centre of government policy

NSW has a history of inadequately planning for the state’s school infrastructure needs.

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Homeowners are left in the lurch when rectification orders are defied.

It’s time for the Building Commission to take a harder line on shoddy builders

Far too many Sydneysiders building and buying new homes are being left in the lurch.

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