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For the second time in two weeks vandals have sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti and torched a car in Woollahra, a known enclave of Jewish Australians.
Australia
Ellen Ransley and Nicola Smith

Jewish communities living in fear as Hanukkah approaches

A visibly emotional Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday pledged $8.5 million to upgrade the Sydney Jewish Museum, called for unity ‘to consign the evil of anti-Semitism to history’.

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2024 was a bizarre year that in which a presidential candidate was shot, a royal laid bare her cancer ordeal and an Aussie breakdancer strangely captured world attention.
Opinion
Natalie Barr

Kate’s cancer, Don shot and Raygun’s break: 2024’s wild ride

NATALIE BARR: As a kid I can’t remember saying that the year has gone by so ridiculously fast and definitely quicker than last year. So I must be officially old.

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Anthony Albanese says every child will be able to attend childcare for at least three days a week. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)
Australia
Katina Curtis

The key points of Albo’s $1 billion childcare pledge

Labor is promising to spend $1 billion building childcare centres in 160 areas where parents have no services, with the potential for government to run them, in a major pitch ahead of next year’s election.

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WA Premier Roger Cook has vowed there will be no new mining tax.
Australia
Katina Curtis

Sector worries about mining tax while PM labels it ‘fiction’

The resources sector wants the Prime Minister to unequivocally rule out a mining tax even if Labor has to negotiate a minority government agreement after the next election.

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The unique needs of women detainees aren't being met, a Human Rights Commission report says.
Australia
Farid Farid

Women being held beside sex offenders at detention centre

Male sex offenders in Australian immigration detention centres are being housed next to vulnerable women, human rights inspectors have found.

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A fiery clash between Energy Minister Chris Bowen and his opposition shadow Ted O’Brien set the scene for one of the most ideological battles of the election.
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Energy
Nicola Smith

Can the Coalition actually get nuclear power up and running?

A fiery clash between Energy Minister Chris Bowen and his opposition shadow Ted O’Brien set the scene for one of the most ideological battles of the election. Nicola Smith cuts to the heart of the debate.

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A piping hot economy vs a public spending package that could be boosting inflation: welcome to the Christmas rates conundrum.
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Business
Jackson Hewett

No Santa rate relief from Grinch Bullock for ailing economy

The RBA says the economy is too hot, business says it’s too cold. The Government says it has saved the country from recession and the Opposition says the private sector is swamped. Welcome to Christmas 2024.

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Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group that toppled Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
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World
Latika M Bourke

Call to toss terror listing for Syrians who ousted Assad

Australia and Western allies should brush the Islamist rebel group’s past and form alliances with the new Syria, the head of one of the world’s leading NGOs advocating for Syrian democracy has said.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was met with chaotic scenes after visiting the Adass Israel Synagogue.
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Australia
Ellen Ransley

Heckling and gratitude for Albo at firebombed synagogue

Anthony Albanese was met with a mixture of gratitude and heckling when he finally visited the Adass Israel Synagogue site on Tuesday, four days after it was firebombed in an anti-Semitic terror attack.

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Myer's 2023/24 results show total profit after tax fell 26 per cent to $52.6 million. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)
Business
Derek Rose

Why Myer is beefing up security with body cameras for staff

Mid-market department store Myer is beefing up security in its stores, trialling the use of body cameras and handheld radios for employees.

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Anthony Albanese's tennis stumble probably won’t be the last one we’ll see this summer, writes Andrew Carswell.
Political
Andrew Carswell

Why this won’t be the last time we’ll see Albo at the tennis

ANDREW CARSWELL: Tone-deafness isn’t a mere slip-up for Anthony Albanese — it’s becoming a defining trait. But his tennis faux pas probably won’t be the last one we’ll see this summer.

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Liberal frontbencher Paul Fletcher has announced he will not seek re-election.
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Politics
Ellen Ransley

Senior Liberal Paul Fletcher announces retirement

Liberal frontbencher Paul Fletcher has announced he will retire at the next election, the second senior moderate in two weeks to step down.

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Canberra boasts some of the most energy efficient homes in the country.
Energy
Jacob Shteyman

New homes lead way in energy efficiency and lower bills

The nation’s capital boasts the most energy efficient homes in Australia but cities with older stock are lagging causing higher electricity bills.

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HMAS Brisbane has fired a Tomahawk missile off the coast of San Diego. (HANDOUT/LSIS DANIEL GOODMAN)
Australia
Tess Ikonomou

Australian navy makes ‘history’ with 2500km missile launch

Australia has become the third nation in the world to successfully fire a long-range Tomahawk missile, in a move being hailed for its speed.

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The Prime Minister made cheaper childcare a central plank of his election agenda in 2022 and Labor hopes it can win over voters again with a promised universal system.
Politics
Katina Curtis

Labor pins election hopes on bold universal childcare plan

Anthony Albanese is poised to make a bold announcement on childcare policy to kick off Labor’s re-election campaign built around universal access and enabling more parents to work.

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