With a hot summer on the way, surf lifesavers get little help from Mad Max
Two different approaches to prevent drownings were launched on Tuesday. One had a touch of Hollywood.
- by Julie Power
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Many renovations resemble a bomb site. This Sydney home really was one
In the Grand Designs pantheon of things that can go wrong in a reno, nothing compares with finding a live bomb in the backyard.
- by Julie Power
Inside Australia’s most beautiful houses, pools and an ‘otherworldly’ tin shed
The Australian Institute of Architects 2024 National Architecture Awards have announced 35 top awards. See the full list of winners and explore the gallery.
- by Julie Power
‘Bring a shovel’: Sons stunned as death notice for ‘wild and wayward’ mother goes around the world
When Sean and Chris Kelly prepared their tribute to their mother for The Sydney Morning Herald, they had no idea how much it would resonate with readers.
- by Julie Power
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Purple Rain and Yackandandah: The winners of the Herald’s jacaranda poetry contest
Nearly 300 people entered the Herald purple prize for poetry, sending odes of love or hate about the invasive species that has turned the city’s horizon into a flowering haze.
- by Julie Power
What Australia’s first census reveals about the country today
The handwritten account of the people – and sheep – living around Sydney in 1800 is a fascinating snapshot of early colonial history.
- by Julie Power
North Bondi RSL calls for board to be removed
North Bondi RSL’s members initially supported NSW RSL president Mick Bainbridge. Like them, and unlike most other members of RSL branches, he was young and he had seen combat. Now they want him to resign.
- by Julie Power
Win a jacaranda tree with your purple prose
The jacaranda has caused delight since it was introduced to Australia about 160 years ago. This year, the Herald is celebrating with a poetry competition.
- by Julie Power
Sausages, sheepdogs and Opera House sails: The royals’ big day out in Sydney
On a nine-stop itinerary, King Charles and Queen Camilla raced from inner Sydney to Parramatta – and finished their day on the sparkling waters of Sydney Harbour.
- by Jordan Baker, Julie Power, Natassia Chrysanthos and Penry Buckley
The girl who spent days practising for the King, and the elephant in the church
Four-year-old ballerina Georgina Box launched their majesties’ royal tour with a perfectly executed curtsy on a day of pomp, distraction and clashing ideology.
- by Jordan Baker and Julie Power
Bigger than the Fab Four and Swift: The Queen who rocked Sydney
When the young Queen Elizabeth visited Australia in 1954, 75 per cent of Australians saw her. Can a visit by her 75-year-old son revive some excitement in royalty?
- by Julie Power
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