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Endangered Australian sea lion pup makes splash in first public appearance
The nine-week-old pup required gentle maternal encouragement before diving into the water at Taronga Zoo.
- Daniel Lo Surdo
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Things to do this school holidays in Sydney
From the visual arts to a beloved musical, live music and comedy, here’s how to keep the kids busy these school holidays.
- Nicole Elphick
Endangered Australian sea lion pup born at Taronga
The birth of one of Australia’s rarest marine predators has injected critical genetic diversity into the zoo’s captive insurance population.
- Angus Dalton
Brethren uncomfortable in the spotlight
The Brethren’s new website purports to tell “the truth about our church, contribution, values and way of life”.
- Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Demise of ‘woke’ would make society poorer
Woke seems to have been a pejorative term for having a social conscience, writes one correspondent.
Taronga Zoo wants to revive its cable car. Locals say it will ‘scar’ harbour views
The Mosman zoo wants to build a new “Sky Safari” to replace the original cable car, which was retired last year.
- Megan Gorrey
Her parents are two of our most famous actors, but Charlotte’s career wasn’t a given
“I was such a shy child and acting was the last thing I thought I would do,” says the 27-year-old daughter of Judy Davis and Colin Friels.
- Jane Rocca
‘Words can’t describe’: Puggle magic in Royal National Park after 50 years
Ten platypuses were released into Australia’s oldest national park, just south of Sydney, last May. The animals are thriving and at least one puggle was born last spring.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Hands off our trees
In the northern suburbs, residents need to be vigilant and stop illegal tree removals, as councils cannot police illegal tree removal on their own.
Chocolate boxes, chip tubes and birthday gifts with an illegal animal twist
It might look like an innocent postal package containing a birthday card and a can of potato chips. But inside the tube, stuffed in a sock, is a native Australian lizard.
- Laura Chung
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