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Expats crowd at Bronte Beach on Christmas Day, 2024.

Ticketed, alcohol-free: Future of Bronte’s Christmas party to be decided

Residents want it gone entirely, but expats hoping to attend the “orphans’ Christmas party” might have to pay for the pleasure under an option presented to Waverley Council.

  • Jessica McSweeney

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Cleveland Twilight Makers Market, on the boardwalk of the Raby Bay Harbour, QLD.

Brisbane’s night markets are back for 2025, and there’s one near you

Skip making dinner and instead savour delicious street food as night-market season returns to Brisbane.

  • Nick Dent
Music can be found in the most unlikely places and played by the most unlikely people.

A harmless man of mystery took to the piano. What happened next shocked the people of Watsons Bay

The ABC’s new series, The Piano, has echoes of an impromptu concert that is part of Sydney’s folklore.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Monica Xie, 33, sales representative of a Guangdong-based toy company, said she began calling US suppliers this week as soon as the trade truce was announced.

Monica has tens of thousands of dolls stuck in a warehouse. Now she’s got 90 days to clear them

When news broke of a 90-day trade truce between Washington and Beijing, a brief window of opportunity flew open and Chinese toy makers hit the phones immediately.

  • Lisa Visentin
Coalition Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price poses in a MAGA cap with her husband Colin Lillie in this Yuletide snap taken from her social media page.

Happy snap! Jacinta Price poses in a MAGA cap for family Christmas selfie

A Christmas social media post has brought new tidings of the Liberal senator’s association with Donald Trump’s famous campaign slogan.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
A parking meter at Balmoral Beach, Mosman.

Renters could get slice of parking on Sydney’s northern beaches

Home owners may have to share parking spaces at northern Sydney beaches with renters.

  • The Herald's View
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Staff aboard the cruise that departed from Melbourne.

Cruise crew dress up in Ku Klux Klan-like costumes for Christmas event

A spokeswoman for P&O Cruises Australia said the crew meant to dress up as snow cones, and it was “just stupid” to think they acted with any malice.

  • Lachlan Abbott
Elon Musk has involved himself deeply in US politics – now he’s turned his attention to Germany.

Memo to an increasingly unhinged Elon Musk: You’re not in charge of the world

On the eve of President-elect Donald Trump being inaugurated for a second term, his wingman is proving a worrying curtain-raiser.

  • The Herald's View
An artist’s impression of the 29-unit housing block that Homes NSW is proposing to build for seniors in Riverwood in Sydney’s south.

Where’s the good in Riverwood? Get a heart!

With the number of homeless aged people on the rise, how heartwarming it would have been if the residents of Hardwicke Street had put out the welcome mat.

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The price is fright!

And the resolution is blurry.

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