Anzac Day
Wildfires across Turkey threaten Anzac graves on Gallipoli peninsula
At the site where an Allied landing was beaten back by Ottoman troops in 1915, the flames reached Canterbury Cemetery, where 22 soldiers from New Zealand are interred.
- by Rob Harris
Latest
Why this NSW MP says opposition is a ‘Coalition of cowards’ without Perrottet
Sydney MP Alex Greenwich says the NSW Coalition waited until Dominic Perrottet had left the building before abandoning his key policy.
- by Alexandra Smith
Exclusive
State Parliament
Shopping has been banned on Anzac Day. Next stop, turning off the pokies
Two-up would be spared but NSW’s 90,000 “machines of misery” would go dark under an amendment going before parliament on Tuesday.
- by Alexandra Smith
Opinion
World War II
‘I don’t want to be a martyr’: Last Rat of Tobruk dies, aged 102
Former ambulance driver Tom Pritchard was one of 14,000 Australian soldiers who – against all odds – held back the might of the German Army in North Africa during World War II.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Opinion
Don’t just tinker with Anzac Day. What about our other public holidays?
Is it appropriate to commemorate our nation’s military history by drinking like a fish at your local, but inappropriate to shop for Anzac biscuit ingredients at the supermarket?
- by Mary Ward
Airline, insurer under fire after lost luggage mars veterans’ Anzac Day trip
Transport Minister Catherine King said the lack of fair treatment for passengers in Australia was incredibly disappointing.
- by Amber Schultz
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Photos of the Month, April 2024
A selection of images from the last month by SMH photographers
Letters
Letters
Keeping women alive requires profound change
Readers discuss the crisis of the rising number women of killed and assaulted by men, and argue a response demands much more than words and bureaucratic band-aids.
Analysis
AFL 2024
Tough calls needed: Good Old Collingwood has seemed more old than good
The most immediate task for Collingwood is to handle the older players in a manner that maximises performance in 2024 and also begins the task of transitioning to 2025 and beyond.
- by Jake Niall
Letters
Letters
Rallies alone won’t stop the violence against women
Readers discuss the dangers women face amid the ongoing incidents of domestic violence.
Letters
Letters
Are university chancellors paid too much, or are they worth it?
Readers react to draft plan from the federal government that will include scrutiny of the salaries paid to university vice chancellors.
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