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Social media giant fails to act as Jewish community fears "next Bondi
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (962+ words) May 5, 2026 " 7: 30pm A Jewish academic who lodged complaints with Facebook over posts glorifying Hitler and likening the Jews to rats has told the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that social media giant Meta failed to act after claiming the…...
A struggling writer was told her career was "done" " then everything changed in 48 hours
9+ hour, 17+ min ago (426+ words) May 5, 2026 " 11: 35am No way! It was as though my nerdy childhood had come to rescue me in my moment of need. That felt like divine intervention. And everything was better within 48 hours. Have you ever had a near-death experience? Yes! When…...
The night my mother died, she gave me a gift that changed everything
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (567+ words) May 5, 2026 " 7: 00pm Two years later, she was pregnant with me when they boarded the ship Patris in Piraeus, arriving in Melbourne in November 1963. Two more children followed in the next five years. I knew as a family we weren't well-off, but…...
Travelling solo is, ironically, the least lonely way to travel
6+ hour, 32+ min ago (249+ words) May 5, 2026 " 10: 19am This isn't the first time I've been chatting with strangers on this Eurail train trek, which will eventually take me from London to Istanbul. The free-flowing conversation and air of goodwill backs up an unexpected observation I've made along…...
Outrageous" crimes: Inside the Supreme Court battle for Eddie Obeid"s $30m coal cash
2+ hour ago (930+ words) May 5, 2026 " 6: 52pm Sixteen years after the family of jailed politician Eddie Obeid received a secret payment of $30 million relating to a corrupt coal deal, the all-powerful NSW Crime Commission has finally launched a legal bid in the NSW Supreme Court to…...
Japan's "iron lady' PM is a trailblazer, but her Australian visit was a missed opportunity
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (304+ words) May 5, 2026 " 7: 30pm Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is a remarkable world leader, but her blink-and-you-miss-it visit to Australia proved remarkably uneventful. Everything about the trip, in both style and substance, was decidedly low-key. This seemed to suit both Takaichi and Prime…...
Grim, worse and dire: the three ways Donald Trump is playing havoc with Reserve Bank forecasts
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (773+ words) May 5, 2026 " 5: 23pm Donald Trump is not living rent-free in the heads of central bankers. He's ratcheting up rents like the New York property tycoon he was before moving into the White House, creating pandemonium and pain for those trying to direct…...
Pro-Palestinian group gathers in favour of controversial phrase
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (52+ words) A pro-Palestinian group has gathered in Redfern Park for a public forum in favour of the phrase "globalise the Intifada. Updated May 5, 2026 " 6: 49pm, first published 6: 47pm...
Young families must have a say in urban planning before it's too late
2+ hour, 22+ min ago (463+ words) Tony Simons (Letters, May 5), "population growth" is already "being diverted to Newcastle", then Maitland and beyond. We are fortunate enough to have significant road infrastructure funnelling traffic off the M1, as well as major road upgrades to the corridor joining the…...
Trump's video game war has the world in an economic spiral
3+ hour, 17+ min ago (1179+ words) The magical thinking continues. Donald Trump's blockade of Iranian shipping has zero chance of forcing the military-clerical regime to capitulate before the pain becomes intolerable for the world economy and ultimately for America too. The confidence trick of tweets on…...