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December 17, 2025
Want your school-leaver to thrive? Think twice about giving them this advice
As ATAR results sink in, school-leavers are making tough decisions about their futures. But in a challenging job market is telling them to ‘...
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December 17, 2025
Why Cricket Australia is willing to help the old enemy fix their touring woes
England last won a Test match in Australia in 2011, and Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg says he’s willing to explore the prospect of E...
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December 17, 2025
Rabbi who preached joy farewelled in funeral for great leaders and martyrs
Eli Schlanger was remembered as a “rabbi without equal” as hundreds of mourners farewelled the murdered Jewish leader in Bondi.
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December 17, 2025
Stacy didn’t think she was a ‘science person’. Today, she topped HSC biology and chemistry
Stacy Zhang never liked science and used to spend classes chatting with friends. Now she is the state’s best biology and chemistry student.
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December 17, 2025
Cap on guns, ban on protests during terror events: How Bondi massacre will change NSW laws
The premier will move to cap gun ownership, and mass protests during a declaration of terrorism would be banned in a suite of measures parli...
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December 17, 2025
Bondi hero who ran toward gunman facing deportation
The refugee worked his way towards the footbridge using cars and trees for cover, before kicking the weapon away from the shot gunman.
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December 17, 2025
Wombats leave square poo on rocks and logs. Scientists think they know why
Wombats are mostly solitary creatures, but they share a communal latrine. Could the animals be leaving each other messages encoded in poo?
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December 17, 2025
Movies to watch this week: The longest Avatar film so far, plus a Brokeback Mountain successor
Welcome to our weekly wrap of what’s new in cinemas this week.
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December 17, 2025
Details emerge in deaths of Rob and Michele Singer Reiner as son is charged
A person close to the family has provided one of the first detailed descriptions of the tragedy from the family’s perspective.
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December 17, 2025
Funeral for Bondi terror attack victim Rabbi Eli Schlanger
The first funeral for victims of the mass shooting on Bondi Beach was held for Rabbi Eli Schlanger at Chabad of Bondi today.
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December 17, 2025
Budget update shows Australia’s debt and deficit easing – thanks to higher tax take
The mid-year budget update confirms the nation’s finances are still a sea of red ink as the government relies on more taxes.
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December 17, 2025
Hero cop who shot Bondi terrorist identified
Local detective Cesar Barraza rushed to the beach amid the chaos of Sunday’s massacre.
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December 17, 2025
Trump’s two Americas are getting further apart
A long-awaited raft of data has just dropped and spells trouble for Donald Trump’s economy. The actual numbers might be worse.
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December 17, 2025
The Epstein files will soon be made public. Here’s what to know
The clock is ticking for the US government to open up its files on Jeffrey Epstein – and it has to be done before Christmas.
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December 17, 2025
‘I wouldn’t have staked any money’: Abigail shocked by perfect IB score
Some 742 students sat the International Baccalaureate across 21 NSW schools this year. Several have achieved top marks.
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December 17, 2025
This story of family, art and legacy is already tipped to win the Best Film Oscar
Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s new film explores home, intimacy, familiar spaces, lifelong friendships and childhood scars.
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December 17, 2025
‘He will be feeling terrible’: Inside the health problem that ruled Steve Smith out
Steve Smith came to be dramatically ruled out of the Adelaide Test because of a problem that dates back to his infamous 2019 run-in with Jof...
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December 17, 2025
The Ashes 2025 third Test day one: Smith in doubt for Adelaide match
Everything is on the line in Adelaide: England must win to stay alive, while an Australian victory will seal the series. Follow live from th...
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December 16, 2025
The top student in every HSC subject revealed
Search the list to see who came first in every subject in the 2025 HSC.
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December 16, 2025
Murder plot charges after police swoop on alleged head of Alameddine crime family
Ali Elmoubayed allegedly orchestrated an attempt to kill a former associate who had defected to a rival network.
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December 16, 2025
Bondi shooter’s Indian family unaware of his ‘radical mindset’: Police
Sajid Akram, 50, was an Indian national from the southern city of Hyderabad but he had little contact with relatives in the country, authori...
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December 16, 2025
Rob Reiner’s son to be charged with murder of his parents
Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
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December 16, 2025
‘Move, move, move’: Enraged driver who ploughed van into soccer parade jailed for decades
“You struck people head-on, knocked others onto the bonnet, drove over limbs, crushed prams and forced those nearby to scatter in terror,” a...
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December 16, 2025
‘Move, move, move’: Enraged driver who ploughed van into soccer parade jailed for decades
“You struck people head-on, knocked others onto the bonnet, drove over limbs, crushed prams and forced those nearby to scatter in terror,” a...
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December 16, 2025
‘Conspiracy theorist’, ‘right-wing zealot’: Trump’s chief of staff lets fly in secret interviews
Susie Wiles, the president’s trusted and respected chief of staff, revealed her true feelings in a series of candid chats with Vanity Fair m...
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December 16, 2025
Stylish hostels are making New York affordable again. I tried three out
With the average Manhattan hotel rate topping $600 a night, a new wave of accommodation offers an alternative that’s kinder on your wallet.
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December 16, 2025
Move over, Boomers - Gen X is next up for retirement
Thanks to the economic cycle and superannuation, Gen X is in good shape – except for one crucial factor.
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December 16, 2025
Police were young and outgunned: where was the back-up at Bondi?
One minute they were watching kids blow bubbles, and the next they were facing two terrorists intent on causing mass fatalities.
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December 16, 2025
The Sydney suburbs with the most guns, as overall numbers rise
Data from the state’s firearms registry shows one man owns 295 guns, with legal gun ownership widespread.
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December 16, 2025
Jews consider leaving Australia for Israel, as funeral preparations begin
When the shooting started, Chavi immediately threw herself over Meir. “I just got down and used my body as a human shield to protect my baby...
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December 16, 2025
The Sydney metro station where there are 2.5 cars for every parking space
A review into commuter car parking at one of Sydney’s busiest metro stations has painted a grim picture of the daily parking ordeal – and de...
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December 16, 2025
‘We’ll see how many make it to dinner’: Whether to England or the premier, Head plays his shots
It’s Travis Head week in Adelaide, and his pugnacious union with Jake Weatherald can set Australia up to retain the Ashes.
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December 16, 2025
The 23 essential travel lessons I learnt the hard way
Distilled from several decades of wandering, here are some tips to keep you sane when you’re out in the great wide world.
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December 16, 2025
Bondi Beach shooting live updates: National Firearms Agreement to be renegotiated following deaths of 15 victims; mourners gather in Bondi
The aftermath of the terrorist attack on Bondi Beach continues to unfold. Follow our live coverage.
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December 16, 2025
Cameron Green makes history with record IPL deal
Cameron Green has become the highest paid international player in Indian Premier League history.
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December 16, 2025
The Ashes’ power to distract is strong. For that, we can be thankful
Though the Adelaide Test will be played under a shadow, it will also express sport’s capacity to unite via the diversion of an absorbing con...
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December 16, 2025
Public school students were promised the International Baccalaureate. No school has taken up the offer
The IB was promised to public schools three years ago – so why have no schools accepted the offer?
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December 16, 2025
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s romance changed movie history
It was love at first sight when director Rob Reiner met photographer Michele Singer on the set of When Harry Met Sally... – so much so that...
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December 16, 2025
Howard’s criticism shows the moment is slipping away from Albanese
In the 48 hours since the Bondi massacre, Australia’s social cohesion has been tested like never before. A former prime minister’s words mad...
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December 16, 2025
Four heroes tried to stop the Bondi terrorists. Three paid with their lives
These are the moments bystanders tried to disarm gunman. Two of them died in each other’s arms.
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December 16, 2025
Cummins’ ‘aggressive’ rehab gamble pays off ahead of Adelaide Test
Pat Cummins says he’s raring to go and will be approaching the third Ashes Test like any other after a long injury lay-off.
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December 16, 2025
Rob Reiner was never as famous as his movies – but he certainly deserved to be
Reiner’s films were not just hits; they were cultural touchstones, with an influence that lingered long after their box office success.
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December 16, 2025
The ‘surprising’ discovery about dolphin friendship
Scientists found dolphins with strong social bonds age more slowly at a cellular level, but the size of the friendship network matters.
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December 16, 2025
Taekwondo triple murderer ‘Master Lion’ sentenced to life in prison
Kwang Kyung Yoo told his wife they would be getting a BMW, and then became caught in his own lie.
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December 16, 2025
Bondi gunman linked to IS, radical Sydney Islamic centre
Investigators are now examining those associations as the primary cause of Naveed Akram’s radicalisation.
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December 16, 2025
China’s property cancer is spreading through its economy
Four years after one of its biggest and most indebted property developers collapsed, China’s domestic economy is still struggling with the f...
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December 16, 2025
I invited my brain surgeon to lunch. Here’s what happened
Kate Drummond removed a piece of my brain. That might be the least interesting thing about her.
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December 16, 2025
Fake hero, wrong suspect: Misinformation floods social media after Bondi shooting
Elon Musk’s chatbot said Edward Crabtree – a fictional 47-year-old IT professional – was the hero who tackled one of the attackers and seize...
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December 16, 2025
Changes to gun laws are a diversion, says John Howard
Former prime minister John Howard has declared the government’s push to reform gun laws following the Bondi terror attack a “big attempt at...
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December 16, 2025