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The Herald's View

Since the Herald was first published in 1831, the editorial team has believed it important to express a considered view on the issues of the day for readers, always putting the public interest first.

Surfers are resistant to shark warnings.

Drone technology could be the answer to shark detection

Another attack in Sydney has increased the need for better early warning systems.

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Urgent wake-up call for political mainstream: Don’t ignore or dismiss angry voters

Voters are not just backing One Nation as the top party in Australia, but for the first time are also backing Pauline Hanson as preferred prime minister.

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Australian school students are abandoning language learning.

Language learning is the gift we must give our children

Learning a second language comes with cognitive and societal benefits, yet Australian students are abandoning language studies.

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Parents paying a crushing price to protect their children from abuse

Legal aid fades even further away in Family Courts.

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NSW Police has been accused of being out of step with the times.

NSW Police culture resists change and outsider expertise

Australia’s biggest police force has problems that have been ignored for too long.

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Lessons for Australia in Belfast riots, whipped up by racist fearmongering

A Belfast knife attack has become a right-wing social media clarion call to protest against immigration.

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Former NRL enforcer and Fijian international Kane Evans.

The football statistic that defies probability

The second male player to come out as gay puts pressure on the NRL to get more serious about inclusion.

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One third of all homicide deaths in the 26 years to March this year were DV-related.

The killers who walk among us

A new profile of the average NSW domestic violence killer challenges the misconception that he is confined to particular groups or occurs only on the margins of society.

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Gus Wong with his mother, Caroline Yarnell.

Silence on suicide won’t help families trying to keep loved ones safe

The parents of a young man who died days after being discharged from a mental health unit are pushing for a coronial inquest into events in the lead-up to his death.

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Former Parramatta Council CEO Gail Connolly attends the ICAC inquiry on Friday.

Parramatta Council’s ills deserve a public airing

The NSW corruption watchdog has discovered a questionable culture in a western Sydney municipality.

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