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Government’s blind eye to forever chemicals in water
Authorities ignored the risk of forever chemicals in Sydney’s water supply. The closure of a feeder dam in the Blue Mountains has turned denial into fact
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Selective schools
Coaching colleges the big winners in NSW’s selective schools mania
Some coaching colleges are making a motza playing on parents’ hopes their children can make the grade in the selective school test.
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Paris Paralympics 2024
Paris Games 2: Paralympics will continue to change social attitudes
The next leg of Olympic competition starts in Paris and offers a winning double: social inspiration and patriotism.
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The CFMEU’s taking it to the streets is protecting corrupted turf
The CFMEU is delusional in claiming the rallies around Australia are about solidarity.
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Aviation
Government taking its time to become airborne with aviation reforms
The aviation industry is in desperate need of a shake-up that puts customers and competition at the front of the queue, but the government is taking its time to deliver the reforms.
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Australian economy
Chalmers’ election spending and bank reform promises hard to deliver
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has a difficult balancing act hoping to strike a deal with the opposition to reform the Reserve Bank and promising to eschew a pre-election spendathon.
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Industrial relations
Any friends of Setka in CFMEU leadership need to be purged
The CFMEU goes into administration but the survival of one recalcitrant leader of the rogue union raises doubts about if he will help clean up the culture.
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Sex, sleaze and hospitality
Swillhouse blues are a warning sign for hospitality industry
A brutal and highly toxic male culture has crept into some Sydney nightclubs, where sexual assault and sleaze have come to be tolerated with almost callous nonchalance.
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Liberal Party
Liberal infighting threatens to make nomination debacle even worse
The NSW Liberals, already reeling from failing to register candidates in local government elections now faces a renewal of factional fighting.
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Water
Government must act to protect the public’s drinking water from omnipresent threat
The presence of so-called “forever chemicals” in Warragamba Dam shows that no drinking supply is immune from this growing public health threat.
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Sydney Metro
New metro pierces Sydney’s heart and swells our city’s soul
The opening of the new 15.5 kilometre metro line diving under the harbour is a shining moment in the city’s history.
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