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Jannik Sinner won two grand slam singles titles, piloted Italy’s Davis Cup win and finished 2024 as world No.1, but also had a drugs scandal to contend with during the year.

‘Players are doing the right thing’: Craig Tiley weighs in on doping drama

As Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek arrive in Melbourne following last year’s drug positives, the Australian Open boss believes the game is in good hands.

  • Scott Spits and Danny Russell

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Dr Laura Ryan at her nearly off the grid home in Newtown.

One big bummer ruined Laura Ryan’s dream of going off-grid in the inner city

Dr Laura Ryan has been a guinea pig for how to go off the grid in a small inner-city terrace. She nearly succeeded, except for “one real bummer” that cut her energy production by half.

  • Julie Power
Come face to face with a cheetah from a luxury suite at Jamala.

Waking up facing a wild animal is a thrill at this Aussie hotel

You don’t have to go to Africa for a scintillating safari experience. You don’t even have to get out of bed.

  • Kylie McLaughlin
Andrew Wilkie

Value the independent voices in parliament

Andrew Wilkie regrets signing a deal with Julia Gillard when she didn’t follow through with gambling reform and says the independents would be well advised to stay independent.

Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding

‘The noise is horrendous’: Neighbours call out Andy Lee’s mansion renovation

Everyone loves TV funny guy Andy Lee. Except anyone living anywhere near his massive mansion renovation, which involves a tunnel and 7.7-metre basement.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

When trust goes bust: how we bind during a crisis and break in the aftermath

Australians back their governments at times of national peril, then dump them when it’s over. Who will they blame in 2025?

  • George Megalogenis
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says social media platforms now have a social responsibility to ensure the safety of children.

The strange events at Parliament House in Canberra this week point to a larger problem

If our leaders lack the ambition to make their case to the nation, our democracy will become less fit for purpose.

  • The Herald's View
Carlotta in Canberra.
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This high-energy restaurant from a star Melbourne group has Canberra talking

Melbourne’s Lucas Restaurants group’s first Canberra venture, Carlotta, has pulled out all the stops, with a talented chef, wood-fired oven and house-made pasta.

  • Terry Durack
Former Labor Leader Bill Shorten is throwing a party to say goodbye to politics.

Shorten to gather a Ballyhoo’s who for Canberra farewell

Former Labor leader looks set to make a night of it in the capital on Thursday after he bids a formal farewell to the Parliament.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
700,000 Australians live in childcare deserts where there is little or no access to ECEC.

The four-year-old who helped snare an abusive daycare worker

The child’s mother has joined a chorus of parents calling for more to be done to protect children after a spate of incidents at daycare centres.

  • Amber Schultz

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