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Nicholas Jensen is commentary editor at The Australian. He previously worked as a reporter in the masthead’s NSW bureau. He studied history at the University of Melbourne, where he obtained a BA (Hons), and holds an MPhil in British and European History from the University of Oxford.

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Leaders divided on crackdown

Community leaders and local councillors across Sydney’s southwestern suburbs are split about the area’s recent police crackdown.

Nicholas Jensen and Stephen Lunn

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The federal government will roll out a 'graphic' advertising campaign to shock Sydneysiders out of their Covid complacency.

Victoria slams border shut on NSW and ACT

NSW and ACT declared a red zone, with borders closed to the entire state and territory from midnight, as ‘graphic’ ad campaign rolls out.

Adeshola Ore, Nicholas Jensen and Tessa Akerman

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Linc Walker has helped spearhead an initiative to have Indigenous

Indigenous bush medicine gets official recognition

For more than two decades, Linc Walker has been showing curious Australians how traditional practices have served First Nation communities for millennia.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JULY 01: A staff member prepares a Pfizer vaccination for clients at the Inner City Covid-19 Vaccine Hub on July 01, 2021 in Sydney, Australia. The weekly four-hour clinic offers COVID-19 vaccinations to some of Sydney's most vulnerable people - those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The initiative is a collaborative effort between organisations including St Vincent's Hospital, St Vincent de Paul, Wayside Chapel, the City of Sydney and the Kirketon Road Centre, aiming to immunise around 100 people per week. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Pfizer vaccine rollout to be ramped up

Selected GPs will this week begin offering Pfizer to those aged 40-59 from this week; NSW records 16 new Covid cases, Qld one.

Nicholas Jensen, Olivia Caisley and Joseph Lam

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F-45 Bootcamp at Nth Sydney Oval. Picture Chris Pavlich for The Australian

Gym owners feel burn over ‘unfair’ health advice

With health and fitness centres across NSW forced to close and endure yet another round of lockdown cancellations, gym owners and operators are claiming they have been stigmatised as unhygienic.

Nicholas Jensen

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Police have released CCTV of two man wanted for questioning over the kidnapping of former Test spin great Stuart MacGill, , Picture: NSW Police

More arrests in MacGill ‘kidnapping’ case

Two more men have been charged over the alleged abduction of cricket great Stuart MacGill after police raids in Sydney.

Nicholas Jensen

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Filmmaker student Kit Wilson (20), and landscaper student James Montgomery (21), escape to the Blue Mountains just prior to lockdown and fulfil their passion 'exercising' in the great outdoors. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Mountain rockers beat lockdown blues

Leaving days before Sydney’s lockdown crunch, rock climbing mates, Kit Wilson and James Montgomery feared their two-week adventure to the Blue Mountains was in strife.

Nicholas Jensen

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