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‘Ready to take on the world’: Former editor Judith Whelan remembered
Judith Whelan was remembered by 500 mourners at the University of Sydney on Friday.
- by Harriet Alexander
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‘Part of our DNA’: Australian journalism loses one of its finest
Judith Whelan, as the second of three women to edit the Herald, was known for her sharp news judgment, kindness and surprising love of sport.
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Peter Costello
Peter Costello’s inglorious end to an almost glorious career
The former treasurer would know more than most that careers in the public eye often end in failure.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Fifty years ago, I found my dream job – and I’m not done yet
When I arrived at The Sydney Morning Herald in 1974, I was the square peg that had fallen into a square hole.
- by Ross Gittins
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Truth, lies and the long road to exposing an Australian ‘hero’
When journalist Chris Masters first heard whispers about Ben Roberts-Smith, he didn’t want to believe them. Then he called his colleague Nick McKenzie.
- by Karl Quinn
Highly regarded publisher of regional newspapers built international empire
Parker built a national and international rural and regional publishing empire.
- by Paul Myers
Rupert’s teachers: The real hard men of Australian newspapers
When Rupert Murdoch joined the Australian newspaper industry in 1953 after the death of his father, he learnt lessons from two canny and ruthless men.
- by Sally Young
I’ve told many tales of tragedy, but never one as haunting as this
Peter FitzSimons recreates one of the darkest chapters in Australian history.
- by Peter FitzSimons
From the Archives, 1973: Bomb blast at News Limited offices
Fifty years ago, the News Limited offices in Holt and Kippax Streets, Surry Hills, were evacuated just before a bomb exploded in the toilets on the fourth floor.
- by Staff reporter
From the Archives, 1991: Old foes unite in support of a free press
30 years ago, former prime ministers Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser came together to fight the sale of the John Fairfax newspaper group to the Tourang syndicate.
- by John O'Neill
How a cast of business moguls shaped Sydney
Stories of businesspeople bold, colourful, generous and ruthless have appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald for 190 years. They’re moguls who would shape the city’s history and, indeed, the history of the Herald itself.
- by Anne Hyland
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