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Nick A’Hern has discovered disturbing levels of forever chemicals in his blood, after his tap water supply was contaminated. A’hern, his partner actress Joanne Samuel and his son have all recovered from cancer.

Nick and his family were stalked by cancer. Then came a blood-test bombshell

Nick A’Hern and his actor wife left Sydney for a pristine place to raise their children, but have since discovered their tap water was toxic.

  • Carrie Fellner

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Whistleblowers fear nothing has changed despite their harrowing testimonies about disability group homes.

Australia’s most vulnerable ‘run over’ and left ‘crawling on the ground bleeding’

Whistleblowers risked their careers to give evidence to a royal commission, but more than a year later, they fear nothing has changed. Warning: graphic content.

  • Carrie Fellner
15 The Quarterdeck, Middle Cove NSW 2068

Seven of the best homes for sale in Sydney

Looking for your next home? We’ve got you covered, from James Bond charisma with a splash of Palm Springs cool to a Moroccan-inspired Blue Mountains beauty.

  • Pauline Morrissey and Lou Sweeney
Guests of Logan Brae Retreat’s luxurious Hilltop Cabin can enjoy their own private plunge pool in seclusion.

The 12 best places to stay in the Blue Mountains (whatever your budget)

With spectacular scenery, excellent restaurants, quaint shops and both romantic and family-friendly getaways, there’s something for everyone.

  • Julie Miller
Zoe’s in Blackheath have locals’ Mexican cravings sorted.

The Blue Mountains’ best places to eat and drink

After so long stuck in that dismal ‘small town’ vortex, the Blue Mountains dining scene is burgeoning with choice for weekend visitors.

  • Julie Miller
A woman in the Blue Mountains has found high levels of PFAS in her blood after the region’s drinking water supply was contaminated.

She was dogged by health issues. Then this Sydney woman found cancer chemicals in her blood

The woman long feared something in her house was poisoning her. Her blood test was an “aha” moment.

  • Carrie Fellner
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There was friction within the government over a decision to stop Water Minister Rose Jackson (centre) from participating in a radio interview with ABC presenter Simon Marnie (left) and contamination campaigner Jon Dee (right).

Spin doctor feared on-air ‘ambush’ over cancer chemicals in drinking water

New emails reveal friction behind the scenes after the water minister and government agencies declined an interview about contaminated tap water supplies.

  • Carrie Fellner
Wentworth Falls from Fletchers Lookout.

I took on the Blue Mountains’ new cliff walk, unfit and underprepared

Three hundred metres in, I’m already bleeding. My tentative return to multi-day hiking hasn’t started well.

  • Shaney Hudson
St Columba’s Grace Costigan came first in English extension 2.

Grace topped English in the HSC. This is what she wrote

Inspired by her Blue Mountains surroundings, HSC English dux Grace Costigan submitted a short fiction. Read two short extracts here.

  • Grace Costigan
A new mobile water filtration plant will be installed at Katoomba to remove cancer-linked PFAS contaminants from tap water supplies.

‘This is a great win’: Forever chemicals to be filtered from tap water

A mobile filtration plant will clean up tap-water supplies tainted by a plume of cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in the Blue Mountains.

  • Carrie Fellner

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