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September 18, 2024
Photographs show horror woman endured as she hid from killer boyfriend
The images from the crime scene reveal the trail of destruction as Manthana “Nancy” Khantharat was assaulted across both floors of her home.
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September 18, 2024
The Office Australia trailer has fans cringing – in all the wrong ways
The fans’ response to the first trailer for the 13th iteration of the show has not been kind. But then, they didn’t like the US version at f...
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September 18, 2024
Risk of flash crashes is rising as central banks diverge on interest rates
When the Federal Reserve Board cuts US interest rates this week, the Bank of Japan will be the only major central bank moving in the other d...
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September 18, 2024
‘Canny manipulator’: Pelicot blames mass rape of wife on addiction
The 71-year-old said he took full responsibility for his depraved crimes all meticulously filmed and stored on a computer hard drive under a...
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September 18, 2024
Why the Matildas are at a crossroads
With a playing group in dire need of rejuvenation, it’s the right call by Football Australia to take its time with the appointment of a full...
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September 18, 2024
Hey Elon, assassination is hilarious, right? #duck!
Perhaps it was overkill to use X to complain that “no one was even trying” to shoot Joe Biden or Kamala Harris.
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September 18, 2024
Instagram locks down teens: How the new feature will work
All teens using Instagram will automatically have strong restrictions applied on their accounts, rather than putting the onus on parents.
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September 18, 2024
Why shopping centre escalators are designed to make you get lost
You may think that escalators forcing you to walk around the shopping centre are a failure of design. You could not be more wrong.
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September 18, 2024
Barangaroo mark two? Mini-city of 11,000 homes a step closer to Sydney suburbs
Coronation Property wrote to the premier threatening to walk away from this mega-project. Last week the government agreed to take the next s...
The Sydney Morning Herald
September 17, 2024
What we know about the deadly pager blasts in Lebanon
Nine people have been killed, thousands injured, and Lebanon is already blaming Israel in a tense Middle East. Here’s what we know about the...
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September 17, 2024
Two Australian hotels named in World’s 50 Best list
Brisbane and Hobart represent Australia in the second World’s 50 Best Hotels list, announced overnight in London.
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September 17, 2024
Australia news LIVE: Double dissolution threat dismissed; Exploding pagers kill multiple, injure thousands in Lebanon in co-ordinated attack on Hezbollah
Stay on top of today’s national news headlines with our live blog.
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September 17, 2024
Royal commission accidentally leaks secret report
The sweeping review of Australia’s military justice watchdog found too many of its inquiries were conducted with “insufficient sensitivity”.
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September 17, 2024
‘Chilling effect:’ Business heavyweights send a warning to Canberra
Business titans said the rising populist tone in public debate is a danger to the economy as they faced Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a...
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September 17, 2024
The last days of froyo are way overdue
There is nothing worth waiting in line for – especially not expensive, flavoured mud.
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September 17, 2024
From Fisk to Taskmaster, the ‘really small’ Aaron Chen is riding high
The comedian appears on the new season of Taskmaster Australia, where they ‘give you the authority to do whatever you like’.
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September 17, 2024
Sean “Diddy” Combs forced women into orgies, recorded them, case claims
Prosecutors allege the famed producer would often lure women in with promises of a romantic relationship before using intimidation and threa...
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September 17, 2024
The Aussie prison that’s a tourism hotspot thanks to AC/DC’s Bon Scott
Fremantle Prison is one of Western Australia’s most popular tourist attractions, and a reminder of Bon Scott’s life and crimes.
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September 17, 2024
‘Start with the hips’: Six cooking tips to boost your confidence in the kitchen
Can’t stand the heat? If you’ve never really sauteed onions or seared a steak, let’s go back to basics.
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September 17, 2024
The death that shocked Sydney and puts a school’s actions in the spotlight
A mother’s text to Santa Sabina school the day after her 12-year-old died has raised questions about how the school responded to bullying.
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September 17, 2024
The Sydney suburbs where patients wait the longest for an ambulance revealed
Ambulances and emergency departments are under more pressure than ever, data released on Wednesday reveals. See how your suburbs stacks up.
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September 17, 2024
The deepening mystery of a Peter Dutton apology
Calls by the opposition leader to halt arrivals from Gaza have fuelled doubts over whether he ever apologised for earlier comments about Mus...
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September 17, 2024
Exams to go online in major HSC English shake-up
A suite of English extension subjects will have online exams, while the HSC maths advanced and standard questions will be tweaked.
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September 17, 2024
‘They run hard and they run all day’: The Fab Five keeping Cronulla’s finals charge alive
Cronulla’s back five are not the tallest or heaviest in the NRL – but few backlines get through more work.
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September 17, 2024
The travel story I got wrong. Really wrong
I was reading a travel column the other day that I vehemently disagreed with – which would be fine, except the author of that column was me.
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September 17, 2024
My job is toxic, but I’m close to long service leave. Should I stick it out?
If you leave early, any entitlements depend on the state you’re in, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.
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September 17, 2024
‘Parents already have the tools’: Snapchat boss pushes back on social media ban
Tech billionaire Evan Spiegel is the first global CEO to weigh in and says parents – not tech companies – should carry most of the responsib...
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September 17, 2024
Wave of exploding pagers in Lebanon, Syria kills at least 8, including Hezbollah members
Officials pointed the finger at Israel in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack that has wounded more than 2700 people.
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September 17, 2024
Scotland to host Commonwealth Games in 2026 after Australian funding deal
A scaled-back version of the Games, expected to feature just 10 sports and hundreds fewer athletes, will return to Glasgow 12 years after th...
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September 17, 2024
Where home owners are selling property at a loss
Most home sellers make money on their trade, but in some neighbourhoods it’s not unusual to have to accept less than the purchase price.
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September 17, 2024
Tash Sultana: from viral guitar hero to CEO
The Australian busker turned global festival sensation says being in the music business is “an amplified life”.
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September 17, 2024
Instagram to roll out teen account with privacy, parental controls as scrutiny mounts
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September 17, 2024
The mastermind, the Ghost and the global crime network
A karaoke-loving Sydney man allegedly controlled the underworld’s “unhackable” phone network, relied on by gangsters to plot murderous viole...
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September 17, 2024
Albanese warns corporate chiefs of ‘extreme anti-business’ opposition
The PM has gone on the offensive in a growing row with big business, saying his government has “stood up for some of Australia’s biggest emp...
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September 17, 2024
The man who saved bananas from certain death - and next, 750,000 children
Professor James Dale’s bananas are the first genetically modified fruit approved for commercial growth. But would you eat one?
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September 17, 2024
Will Penny Wong anger Israel for the third UN vote in a row?
Australia is working to water down a resolution calling for an Israeli arms embargo and demanding the Jewish state withdraw from the West Ba...
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September 17, 2024
‘We should be careful with public shaming’: Tim Minchin rethinks his George Pell protest song
Eight years after Come Home (Cardinal Pell) became a viral success, Tim Minchin is no longer convinced that public shaming is the right mech...
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September 17, 2024
Early signs of a post-debate bounce for Kamala Harris
The initial surveys of people who watched the debate found that most viewers thought Harris won, and the candidate deemed the winner in the...
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September 17, 2024
For young people, the great Australian dream now means leaving the country
Phnom Penh is a cool 50.1 per cent cheaper than Melbourne, Bangkok is 41.8 per cent cheaper, and Bali is 36.6 per cent more financially frie...
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September 17, 2024
From the ‘gutters of Hinge’ to city of love: Aussies are dating through their holidays
Single people don’t just want to see the sights during their holidays, they also want to see – and date – the people.
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September 17, 2024
ABC news boss derides agenda-driven ‘bullying’ of broadcaster’s staff
In a speech to the Melbourne Press Club, Justin Stevens said some of the criticism heaped on the public broadcaster’s journalists often cros...
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September 17, 2024
Tammy Shipley’s final moments in Sydney jail cell recorded in CCTV footage
Prison officers failed to conduct checks while the Sydney mother fell gravely ill. Warning: this story contains images of an Aboriginal pers...
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September 17, 2024
‘I am a rapist’: Frenchman accused of wife’s mass rape admits to charges
Prosecutors have said Dominique Pelicot offered sex with his wife, Gisele Pelicot, on a website and filmed the abuse over several years.
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September 17, 2024
Embattled hospitality giant loses control of five prominent Sydney pubs
Insolvency specialist FTI Consulting has stepped in to run hip Redfern pub The Norfolk, Oxford House in Paddington and Darlinghurst’s The St...
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September 17, 2024
Revealed: the number of children being groomed online
The head of a global child safety institute says PM Anthony Albanese must bring in a minimum age for social media this year to protect child...
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September 17, 2024
The man who wants to turn his kingdom into $29b empire
Phil King’s Regal Partners has pounced after patiently stalking Platinum Asset Management for two years.
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September 17, 2024
Freddy, set, go! Fittler unveils plan to stage NRL’s grand final dash for cash
Brad Fittler came up with the concept of staging a 100-metre race on grand final day. Here’s why he thinks the NRL is onto a winner with the...
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September 17, 2024
After Vietnam, Typhoon Yagi came for war-ravaged Myanmar
Even before the typhoon, the UN estimated 18.6 million people out of a total population of 55 million needed humanitarian assistance.
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September 17, 2024
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested, facing charges: reports
The music mogul’s lawyer says: “We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr Combs.”
The Sydney Morning Herald
September 17, 2024