Anzac Day
‘Machine guns and men in trenches’: On the eve of battle, Albert Jacka made an awful discovery
In early 1917, as the Allies prepared to take Bullecourt on the Western Front, Jacka was sent into No-Man’s Land.
- by Peter FitzSimons
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How Fox Footy’s ‘Super Saturday’ deal will shape the AFL fixture
The new deal, starting in 2025, gives Fox Footy exclusive broadcast rights on Saturdays for the first eight rounds and will result in delayed coverage on free-to-air.
- by Peter Ryan
‘Well, I managed to get the buggers, sir’: The daring plan that created a legend
Albert Jacka was Australia’s first Victoria Cross recipient for his actions in Gallipoli when Turkish troops launched an attack on troops dug in at Courtney’s Post.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Frosty silence, then heated texts and an internal complaint: The undoing of the RSL NSW leadership
An internal power struggle at RSL NSW has brought long-standing tensions into the open.
- by Harriet Alexander
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Live music
The text messages that reveal the pandemonium behind a cancelled music festival
The festival made headlines for being “disrespectful”. Now, the organisers are demanding compensation.
- by Harriet Alexander
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Defence
RSL NSW goes to war … with itself
An external consultant found the RSL NSW board was so dysfunctional it would be difficult for the organisation to support veterans and their families.
- by Harriet Alexander
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
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
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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
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