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The Jewish calendar runs according to the moon, and its new year - Rosh Hashanah - comes next Wednesday into Thursday.

Reflecting on darkness and light on the eve of the Jewish New Year

After a torrid year for the Jewish faith, New Year offers the hope of a time blessed with light and love to help heal our wounded planet.

  • Ralph Genende

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Mariet Wezeman is disappointed at the council’s plan which would force visitors to shell out $50 to access the prime viewing spot.

‘We have little choice’: North Sydney Council to charge $50 for view of NYE fireworks

Locals are frustrated by North Sydney Council’s controversial plan to charge revellers $50 to view the fireworks at Blues Point.

  • Cindy Yin
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
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

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