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October 17, 2025
Sydney man charged for child sex doll, AI-generated abuse material
A Sydney man has been charged after authorities allegedly detected a child-like doll in a shipment from Asia.
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October 17, 2025
Everywhere you look this weekend, women will be wearing bald caps. If you know, you know
A sea of “baldies” is sweeping through Australia’s east and west coasts for a black-tie affair they’ve been waiting 13 years for. The hottes...
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October 17, 2025
The final straw for a King whose brother had become poisonous
Not in a lifetime has there been such a downfall of a duke. Prince Andrew has given up his Duke of York title, under growing public pressure...
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October 17, 2025
Prince Andrew to give up royal title of Duke of York after talks with King Charles
The younger brother of King Charles III said he and the royal family had decided “the continued accusations about me distract from the work...
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October 17, 2025
Contract criminals with no links to their victims are hired online. Innocent people are being killed
Sydney’s underworld is importing more drugs and guns than ever and it is also becoming more tech-savvy.
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October 17, 2025
Everest contenders: Your guide to picking a winner in the big race
Our runner-by-runner breakdown of the 2025 Everest field.
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October 17, 2025
Does this 200-1 Everest hope represent Australian racing’s rising power?
Mulberry Racing bought Racing NSW’s coveted vacant slot for the world’s richest race on turf, but Brad Widdup’s new major owner remains some...
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October 17, 2025
The least bad time in your life to drink alcohol
It’s associated with poor health outcomes, from premature ageing to strokes, but is there a time when alcohol is not so bad.
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October 17, 2025
‘We just like being here’: Sydney suburbs where home owners stay longest
A typical Sydney home owner sells up within a decade, but in some sought-after neighbourhoods, owners stay put twice as long.
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October 17, 2025
The Liberal MPs, the Chinese high roller and the glitzy temple celebration
Xie Xiongming, a former key associate of controversial billionaire Huang Xiangmo who is barred from Australia, was the host of a temple cele...
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October 17, 2025
Michelle Payne’s rise to the top was swift – then came stalkers, the agony and the heartbreak
The past decade has been filled with turmoil, horrendous injury and death for the retired jockey and expert trainer.
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October 17, 2025
The October 18 Edition
The October 18 Edition
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October 17, 2025
From leader to lobbyist: How Morris Iemma opens doors for Sydney property developers
Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by the Herald reveal the frequent access the former premier has enjoyed to senior figures in the Min...
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October 17, 2025
From The Beatles to Taylor Swift: How music marketing became a beast
Remember when artists used to simply play on the radio and tour after releasing a new album? Oh, how times have changed.
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October 17, 2025
Rare discovery in Kosciuszko National Park as NSW rejects Barilaro-era brumby bill
Ecologists found a critically endangered creature in footage from a camera set up to monitor feral cats. It is found only in one other locat...
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October 17, 2025
Sarah, a former cancer nurse, now leads the church. No wonder men are cranky
Unlike the 105 before her, Sarah Mullally, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, is not a man. But Anglican conservatives have been quick to say...
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October 17, 2025
He gave up his jersey and made other Wallabies look like stars. They voted him MVP
Wallabies centre Len Ikitau has been recognised for an outstanding season by winning the John Eales medal.
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October 17, 2025
Punters fire up for War Machine to topple Everest favourite
The Hayes brothers’ five year-old has won his last four races and drew perfectly in barrier four. Punters are backing it to upset raging fav...
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October 17, 2025
Rosie O’Donnell’s fallen for Australia. And now she’s got the tattoo to prove it
The New York actor and comedian tell Fitz about her feud with Trump, her decision to move to Ireland, and why being famous is not the most i...
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October 17, 2025
Gen Z’s new weapon: The blank, zombie-like gaze that says ‘you’re an idiot’
It’s called the Gen Z stare, and it’s a thing.
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October 17, 2025
It’s almost time for cyclists to farewell the ‘really outrageous’ 55 steps at Milsons Point
Norman Monshall is an 80-year-old squeaky wheel, and he’s determined to cycle over the Harbour Bridge while he can. That’s about to get easi...
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October 17, 2025
Barnaby Joyce in advanced talks with Pauline Hanson to join One Nation
The former Nationals leader is in advanced talks to defect from the party. Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce did not deny the discussions wer...
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October 17, 2025
‘Never seen a question like that’: Students react to HSC English exam
On Friday, 60,000 HSC students sat their second English exam. One question made sure they had read the whole book.
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October 17, 2025
How a senator, a sports club, and the man who runs it became the talk of parliament
How controversial can social sport be? When the games happen on the fields surrounding Parliament House and rugby-superstar-turned-MP is exp...
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October 17, 2025
The clock doesn’t stop ticking in Netflix nuclear thriller
With gripping efficiency, Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow moves the film towards destruction repeatedly.
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October 17, 2025
‘I learned a lot from Eddie’: Why returning Wallaby still has time for old coach Jones
Carter Gordon has revealed the motivation behind his switch back to rugby from the NRL, which is set to kick off with the Test against Eddie...
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October 17, 2025
One of Australian sport’s biggest earners will ride the Everest favourite. Most people have never heard of him
Jockey Zac Purton has pocketed about $70 million in the past 18 years riding in Hong Kong. He will add $350,000 in 70 seconds on Saturday if...
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October 17, 2025
Silicon Valley’s Trump courtship is backfiring spectacularly
Tech execs thought billion-dollar investments had bought them influence. Instead, they learnt that loyalty means nothing when the president...
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October 17, 2025
Peter V’landys and the turf war splitting Sydney racing on Everest day
A sold-out crowd will be at Randwick for Australia’s richest race on Saturday but off the track the sport’s controlling body and main club a...
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October 17, 2025
The record-breaking, westward march of the Good Food Guide hats
Why you’re more likely to find a hatted restaurant in Newtown than Potts Point this year.
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October 17, 2025
‘Absolutely reckless’: Narrow escape for Sydney man after home peppered with bullets
Police have called for an end to the reckless attacks that have residents living in fear after two more shootings overnight.
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October 17, 2025
After Trump’s peace plan, here’s the morning-after blues
While the positives of this week’s fragile ceasefire in Gaza are obvious, what comes next is much less clear.
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October 17, 2025
‘Imagine I hadn’t gone to the doctor’: Nic Maddinson’s private battle with cancer
Nic Maddinson was a few good innings away from maybe being back in the Australian cricket team to face India. Five months later, cricket was...
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October 17, 2025
The Australian agrees to new Pentagon rules, say reports
The newspaper has joined a small list of publications to agree to controversial new media rules.
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October 17, 2025
He photographed Whitlam and Lingiari. Now he wants to play golf with Trump
Mervyn Bishop is a groundbreaking force in photojournalism, and it all started in Brewarrina at a young age with slides and a sheet strung u...
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October 16, 2025
Thunder and hail to batter Sydney after balmy start to Friday
Damaging wind gusts also add to the threat of property damage and power outages. The temperature may plummet by 10 degrees.
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October 16, 2025
Ben Stiller made a film about his parents. What he found was not always easy
Faced with his father’s accumulated treasures, the acclaimed writer and director did the only thing that made sense to him.
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October 16, 2025
Fed up with arts ‘propaganda’, this Archibald winner is debuting at Sculpture by the Sea
Distinguished painter Tim Storrier has a few thoughts about contemporary art – so he’s bypassing the big galleries.
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October 16, 2025
Ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton indicted
He was charged in a federal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information.
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October 16, 2025
Critics query taxpayer millions for Maggie Beer Foundation
Maggie Beer’s food mission has won millions in taxpayer funds to improve food in aged care. Now it wants $15 million more.
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October 16, 2025
Gen Z in the firing line as employers scrutinise social media posts
Nearly all managers surveyed by Indeed said they would reject a candidate based on what they had posted on social media.
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October 16, 2025
Mark Latham, Jeremy Buckingham go to war over Ivan Milat
The NSW upper house will hold a parliamentary inquiry into serial killer Ivan Milat, which has been widely attacked by the disgraced former...
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October 16, 2025
I try America’s most beginner-friendly (yet thrilling) rafting trip
A two-day trip on Montana’s Flathead River is the ideal introduction to overnight rafting. Even a five-year-old could do it.
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October 16, 2025
Antony Kidman’s work was pioneering. Now his daughter is stepping up
Antonia Marran has become the keeper of her father’s legacy: his pioneering work in adolescent and youth mental health.
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October 16, 2025
Australia promises Trump a defence revamp, dangles $1b AUKUS carrot before PM’s trip
The Albanese government will seek to placate the Trump administration with a promised defence revamp next year, as the US calls for massive...
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October 16, 2025
Review: Paddington wine bar L’Avant Cave lets you pick wine from the bottleshop and drink it on the spot
Paddington wine bar L’Avant Cave is the sort of place you might find if you were wandering around the outer suburbs of Paris.
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October 16, 2025
Does the new EU entry system affect how long I can spend there?
Will the new EU entry/exit system affect people like me who wish to spend more than 90 days in the Schengen zone?
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October 16, 2025
Menzies’ Liberal Party is dead. Long live ... what?
This is not simply some garden variety post-election soul-searching of the defeated. This is a party figuring out whether it can go on.
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October 16, 2025
How Tara turned a ruined shop into a soulful family home
From a burnt, graffiti-addled eyesore to a home the neighbourhood is proud of, this renovation was not for the faint of heart.
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October 16, 2025