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A mighty show to welcome in the 2025 year.

North Sydney Council couldn’t get its rate rise. You might pay for that on New Year’s Eve

North Sydney residents face paying for New Year’s Eve tickets and a crackdown on parking offences as the council struggles to repair its finances.

  • Megan Gorrey

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Eadie Mae Parsons, 3, watching a lion dance at Spencer Outlet Centre with grandparents Meredith and Adrian Parsons.

The dancers who are a roaring success at Lunar New Year

Businesses are commissioning lion dances to bring them prosperity in the Year of the Snake.

  • Carolyn Webb
Summer drownings spike on Australia Day and New Years Day.

Drownings spike on Australia’s booziest public holidays

Men aged 65 and over were 17 times more likely to get into fatal and non-fatal drowning incidents than women of the same age.

  • Nicholas Osiowy
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Straining to fathom water filters

Overall, it’s a bit of a dampener.

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The price is fright!

And the resolution is blurry.

Gif showing how cameras monitor the self-service checkout at supermarkets

Happy new year? Not for me, unless we ban these annoyances

The world is full of problems, but we can make it a little better by outlawing a few nuisances.

  • Dan Kaufman
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Borrowers buy back the pharm

While Ukrainians discover a fate worse than Vlad.

Shamsud-Din Jabbar died in a shootout with police. In the truck, they found an Islamic State group flag.

‘No terrorist to me’: Relatives and friends saw few signs before attack

The man identified as the suspect in the New Orleans attack served in the US military, worked at Deloitte and grew increasingly devout.

  • Maria Jimenez Moya, Shannon Sims, J. David Goodman and Mike Baker
Emergency services attend the scene after a vehicle drove into a crowd on New Orleans’ Canal and Bourbon Street.

‘Hell-bent on carnage’: At least 15 dead as driver rams New Year’s revellers in New Orleans

Authorities are examining any possible links to an incident in Las Vegas, where a Cybertruck burst into flames and exploded outside a hotel owned by President-elect Donald Trump.

  • Farrah Tomazin
Sam Konstas and Pat Cummins celebrate Australia’s victory in the Men’s Fourth Test Match.

The fifth Test on the SCG is Sydney’s time to shine

This Australia versus India Test series has breathed new life into cricket.

  • The Herald's View

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