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Prosecutor Dr Nanette Rogers, SC walks through fog on June 10.

How The Age covered the biggest stories of the month

Some of the year’s most important, troubling and powerful stories have unfolded in recent weeks. The Age editor looks back at how they were covered.

  • Patrick Elligett

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Melbourne Racing Club has been ordered to review its poker machine venues.

Gambling decisions so weak and so craven that your head will spin

Just when you thought our state’s addiction to poker machines couldn’t get any worse, the NSW government has outdone itself.

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The significance of the Iran-Israel war was not lost on our subscribers, or the newsroom.

It’s expensive, complex and dangerous. But it’s one of the most important things we do

On the other side of the world when most of us were sleeping, our foreign correspondents hustled to make sure you woke to the most up-to-date and insightful accounts of what was going on in the world and what it meant.

  • Patrick Elligett
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Parramatta bureau team: Mostafa Rachwani, Anthony Segaert and Ellie Busby.

A very good Friday spent in Parramatta

Our fabulous little office above the $3.5 billion Parramatta Square project has a view that encapsulates why the Herald has established a dedicated reporting team here.

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The ICAC announced the inquiry last month.

The ICAC blockbuster is back

While the ICAC has been busy conducting several smaller inquiries over recent years, a doozy hasn’t captured public attention for some time - until now.

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David Crowe.

Taking a moment to thank the brilliant David Crowe as voters head to the polls

After five weeks of political twists and turns, ups and downs and claims and counter-claims, the election campaign is drawing to a close.

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Audrey Griffin was celebrating with friends before her alleged murder.

A year ago it was a ‘national crisis’. Now it struggles to get a mention

It seems absurd that, during an election campaign where politicians are selling us their vision for the future, confronting violence against women has not been more prominent.

  • Nick Ralston
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton on the campaign trail this

Donald Trump’s shadow finally shifts off the federal campaign

Halfway through the campaign, the focus has moved to local issues, and there is no bigger issue affecting people across Sydney than the housing crisis.

  • Nick Ralston
Donald Trump holds up his chart of “reciprocal tariffs” at the announcement event in Washington.

With friends like these, who needs enemies?

What does Trump 2.0 mean for Australia? Don’t bother asking our political leaders, because they would really rather not talk about it. 

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Anthony Albanese is badly damaged by the defeat, while Peter Dutton gains heightened authority.

I’m sorry to say that while the federal election will be close and exciting, it won’t be particularly inspiring

The election race may be tight, and it will certainly be interesting. But it’s not going to be inspiring. 

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