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An artist’s impression of the 29-unit housing block that Homes NSW is proposing to build for seniors in Riverwood in Sydney’s south.

Where’s the good in Riverwood? Get a heart!

With the number of homeless aged people on the rise, how heartwarming it would have been if the residents of Hardwicke Street had put out the welcome mat.

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The Trumps and the Morrisons

Scott Morrison spends New Year’s Eve with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago

The former Australian prime minister and his wife partied their way into 2025 at the president-elect’s Florida estate.

  • James Massola
The winner’s circle: Liberal moderates were a powerhouse during the Turnbull government.

Liberal moderates were in the ‘winner’s circle’ under Turnbull. It’s a different story now

In 2019, there were about 22 members in the group that champions socially progressive causes. Now there are just 12 committed to staying on past the next election.

  • James Massola

Upper-class house swaps, political break-ups and media scandals: CBD looks back on 2024

This column gives thanks to the higher powers for people with big houses, in what became a mainstay for us. Even the PM seemed a little distracted by the property market.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

Minns gives PM a lesson in how to respond to antisemitism

NSW Premier Chris Minns has been quick off the mark to name antisemitic attacks, leaving the prime minister in his wake.

  • Alexandra Smith
Illustration by Simon Letch

Voters laboring under gutless government

Ross Gittins may well bemoan the “era of gutless government”, but perhaps he should direct his criticism to the people responsible, the electors of Australia.

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The humanities have taken an enrolment hit, according to the latest figures.

Students were unfazed at a $40,000 HECS debt. Years on, reality has sunk in

Students flocked to arts degrees during the pandemic. But almost four years on, alarm bells are ringing.

  • Daniella White
Illustration by Joe Benke

The pros and cons of a ‘good bloke’ prime minister

I find it alarming that the astute Niki Savva sees Peter Dutton as electable despite his failure to produce a single, costed economic policy. Albanese, for all his faults, does stand for something other than himself.

The wife of Bali Nine prisoner Matthew Norman, known only as Anita, delivers food to him at Kerobokan prison on Monday.

‘Bring them home’: Schapelle’s mum begs mercy for ‘lovely boys’ of Bali Nine

The call came as the wife of one of the men called for the Indonesian president to “have mercy”, while it was revealed at least two former prime ministers sought their release.

  • Marissa Calligeros, James Massola, David Crowe and Michael Bachelard
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt have defended the vaccine rollout.

How the Morrison government passed over an Australian company for a US pharmaceutical giant

Australia’s audit office will probe the Morrison government’s $2 billion deal with US pharmaceutical giant Moderna to set up vaccine manufacturing in Australia.

  • Paul Sakkal and Liam Mannix

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