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‘Cities need momentum’: The growing pains at the heart of Parramatta
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (684+ words) August 3, 2026 — 5:00am There will be up to twice the number of planned homes in Parramatta’s CBD over the next two decades under the state government’s “ad hoc” housing shortlist process, prompting the council to warn Sydney’s second CBD will end up…...
I was excited to be a ‘boy mum’. Then I picked up my phone
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (786+ words) August 3, 2026 — 5:00am Just months away from becoming the mum of two boys, I’m excited for many things. A glass of champagne, naturally, but mostly watching the light of my life step into his new role as big brother and meeting this…...
Money, power, influence, secrecy: This same old rinse cycle is destroying politics
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (741+ words) August 3, 2026 — 5:00am Last week, there were signs of just how little Australians are engaged with the technical details of how they are governed. As Shane Wright wrote in these pages, 59 per cent of Australians have an entirely mistaken understanding of the…...
People think my suburb is just the shopping centre. For better or worse, we do orbit it
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (864+ words) August 3, 2026 — 5:00am Before I moved here, I thought “Carindale” was the shopping centre. These days, I know it as a family-friendly suburb with more buses than you can count, and a distinct lack of local coffee shops. In my defence, the…...
Not China or Europe: The high-speed train revolution in an unlikely country
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (138+ words) By 2030, 630 kilometres of high-speed track will have been laid, making this one of the best places in the world for a holiday by rail. August 3, 2026 — 5:00am After stopping in Kenitra, we switched to the older tracks, transitioning from high-speed to merely…...
Not many significant monuments let people climb them. This is a corker
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (667+ words) August 3, 2026 — 5:00am I don’t rank the squish of pigeon poop beneath my shoeless feet as an agreeable travel experience. Nor is squeezing up a staircase in a space so tight I have to engage in sweaty tangos with those descending. The…...
The dismantling of KPMG is about to begin
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (876+ words) August 3, 2026 — 5:00am Any day now the dismemberment of the global accounting/consulting giant KPMG starts in earnest with massive job cuts expected from its Australian business. But this will only be the beginning of changes that could leave the firm a…...
Big carrot, more stick under news bargaining plan
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (511+ words) August 3, 2026 — 12:01am Global tech giants have sandbagged their wider revenue streams but face losing a larger share of their advertising income under the federal government’s plan to force them into funding Australian journalism. The final details of the government’s News Bargaining…...
Sliding housing prices gave the Reserve Bank a surprise helping hand
7+ hour, 28+ min ago (573+ words) August 3, 2026 — 12:01am It’s the helping hand that surprised even the Reserve Bank. The bank always knew that its three rate hikes - in February, March and May - would slow the property market. While governor Michele Bullock will say up hill and down…...
Putting faith in the paper trail
10+ hour, 29+ min ago (176+ words) Meri Will, Jim Pollitt, Ann Clydsdale, Helen Lewin, John Perry, Don Bain, Stephanie Edwards, Ted Bugarski, Roz Millar, Bart Fielden August 2, 2026 — 9:00pm “Not old (C8), just confused,” says Meri Will of Baulkham Hills. “I’ve been informed that my church’s payroll and HR…...