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Minns says antisemitism doesn’t start with a firebombing. Will his new laws find where it does?

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Antisemitism

Minns says antisemitism doesn’t start with a firebombing. Will his new laws find where it does?

As acts of violence against Sydney’s Jewish community escalate, condemnation isn’t enough. Now the premier is reaching for the law.

by Michael McGowan

Woman ‘disgusted’ after alleged rape by man who claims it was ‘sleep sex’

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Courts

Woman ‘disgusted’ after alleged rape by man who claims it was ‘sleep sex’

by Sarah McPhee

Tammie Farrugia briefly appeared in Liverpool Local Court on Tuesday.

Crime

‘Got any jerry cans?’ Woman faces court over eastern suburbs antisemitic attack

by Sally Rawsthorne

Resigned NSW Health psychiatrist, Dr Christina Matthews and Dr Pramudie Gunaratne, the NSW chair of the Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Mental health

Wards closed, emergency departments full as doctors walk off job

by Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson

Running repairs to the hot water system in Millie Muroi’s former Sydney apartment.

Opinion

Saving Sydney

I’ve lived in three cities in three years. Returning to Sydney is the one I fear

by Millie Muroi

Transport

Industrial action by rail workers last week caused thousands of train services to be delayed or cancelled over two days.

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Public transport

Reprieve for Sydney commuters as rail unions withdraw industrial action

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by Matt O'Sullivan

Thousands of trains were cancelled or delayed last Wednesday and Thursday due to industrial action.

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Public transport

‘Too far apart’: Rail dispute negotiations falter despite consensus on pay

by Matt O'Sullivan

Toby Warnes and Sydney Trains.

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Public transport

‘Extremely close’: Rail unions hand counter-offer on pay to transport chiefs

by Matt O'Sullivan

Crowds pack into trains at Chatswood on Wednesday.

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Public transport

Rail unions say they will put counteroffer to stave off Sydney train chaos, but there’s a catch

by Matt O'Sullivan, Jessica McSweeney and Nicholas Osiowy

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Crime & Courts

Antisemitism and Islamophobia are nothing new in this country. But community and political leaders can help keep them in check by toning down their own rhetoric.

Opinion

Crime

More laws won’t stop hate speech. But there’s something else we can do

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by Jenna Price

Newtown synagogue arrest

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Crime

‘Big breakthrough’: Man charged over antisemitic attack on Sydney synagogue

by Perry Duffin, Michael McGowan and Amber Schultz

A man has been charged after an alleged attempt to set a religious building on fire in Newtown earlier this month. Vision: NSW Police. — 1:35

Crime

Man charged after alleged attempt to set religious building alight

NSW Premier Chris Minns arrives to visit the scene of the Only About Children child care centre on storey Street in Maroubra which was damaged in an antisemitic attack overnight. Maroubra, NSW. January 21, 2025.

Analysis

Antisemitism

Minns says antisemitism doesn’t start with a firebombing. Will his new laws find where it does?

by Michael McGowan

Local council

Coastal erosion at Wamberal Beach is a significant environmental issue to be tackled by the new council.

Sydney councils

These houses were sinking into the ocean. Now a council wants to fix it

by Nick Newling

Putney Beach which is is opening as a swim site on Parramatta River this coming weekened. Photographed in Sydney on January 13, 2025. Photo: Dominic Lorrimer .

Sydney councils

First Pondi, now Panly: The new Sydney beach seven years in the making

by Cindy Yin

NSW’s DA system is a maze holding up housing supply.

Saving Sydney

‘As confused as it is confusing’: The big handbrake holding back housing in Sydney

by Daniel Lo Surdo and Kayla Olaya

Signs opposing Burwood Council’s alternative housing plan on a Croydon home.

Sydney councils

The Sydney suburb at war with itself

by Mary Ward

Shark nets could be removed permanently from Sydney beaches.

Analysis

Sharks

Why shark nets might not return to Sydney’s beaches next summer

by Caitlin Fitzsimmons

Unknown vandals have drilled multiple holes into a hundred year old fig tree, poisoning it.

City life

Fight to save Hunters Hill trees after ‘calculated act of vandalism’

by Cindy Yin

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City life

Winds plunge Sydney’s thirty degree days, into the low twenty’s.

Weather

Temperatures plunge as southerly buster hits Sydney

Sydney has sweltered through a hotter than average January day before 90km/h winds brought much-needed relief.

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by Kayla Olaya

Young people are leaving Sydney at an alarming rate, as the community grapples with unaffordable housing costs.

Saving Sydney

‘A city with no future’: The real cost of Sydney’s housing crisis

Without bold and decisive action on housing, Sydney is hurtling towards being a city with no future, a panel of young experts has warned.

by Nick Newling, Cindy Yin, Penry Buckley, Daniel Lo Surdo, Kayla Olaya and Frances Howe

Running repairs to the hot water system in Millie Muroi’s former Sydney apartment.

Opinion

Saving Sydney

I’ve lived in three cities in three years. Returning to Sydney is the one I fear

by Millie Muroi

Bee Cruse, John Howard and Pamela Rabe in August: Osage County.

Stage shows

Ferocious story about middle America triumphs at Sydney Theatre Awards

by Daniel Lo Surdo

Coastal erosion at Wamberal Beach is a significant environmental issue to be tackled by the new council.

Sydney councils

These houses were sinking into the ocean. Now a council wants to fix it

by Nick Newling

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