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Federal Labor have tried to spend their way out of inflation but there is no magic money tree to prop up the economy.

Burning election question remains: Which side has the answers?

As we approach the campaign, the Herald believes the biggest gap in politics right now is ideas.

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Lord Mayor Clover Moore offers criticism but few solutions.

Clover Moore’s NIMBY-esque rant shows she is out of step with the biggest issue facing Sydney

Someone in the lord mayor’s position has an obligation to propose solutions as well as offer criticism. 

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A worker walks through one of the twin tunnels being constructed under Rosehill Racecourse near Parramatta.

The human cost of Sydney’s many tunnelling projects

Beneath our city, a maze of tunnels is under construction. More must be done to keep Sydney’s tunnelling workers safe.

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82 year-old Russell Willis sandbags his house in Graceville, a Brisbane suburb prone to flooding, on Thursday.

Time was on our side for Alfred. It will not always be

There is only so much preparation that can be done in the days before extreme weather arrives. 

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NSW Government’s pill testing trial site at the Yours & Owls Festival in Wollongong.

Long-overdue pill testing trial a welcome start

Other Australian jurisdictions are already looking beyond festivals as the best place to provide drug-checking services.

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The North Shore Rapist should have had the book thrown at him. Instead, the courts kept giving him a chance

Just six months after victims of the notorious North Shore Rapist warned he would offend again, Graham James Kay is back behind bars

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Bushfires. Cobargo, a town on the NSW south coast that has been devastated by bushfires yesterday. Photo shows a dead cow on the bottom of a dried out, burnt stream to the south west of the town. Photographed Wednesday 1st December 2020. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH NEWS 200101

Five years on from Black Summer, climate crisis should not be a debate

The memory of Black Summer should remind Australia that climate change should not be subject to a debate, but a disaster response. 

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Joe Massa’s heartbroken parents Elouise and Danny holding a pair of his shoes.

Joe’s death must be catalyst for hospital change

Two-year-old Joe Massa’s death must serve as a catalyst for systemic hospital reform and not become another forgotten tragedy.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump’s bizarre accord with Putin is downright dangerous

Donald Trump’s campaign of geopolitical chaos continues at pace.

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Anthony Albanese’s election timing will be influenced by Michele Bullock’s decision.

At last, Sydney’s heavily indebted home borrowers have reason to smile

With Australia’s economic growth rate anaemic, and the consumer price index within the RBA’s target band, the case for a rate cut was compelling.

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