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Shark
Drone technology could be the answer to shark detection
Another attack in Sydney has increased the need for better early warning systems.
- The Herald's View
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NSW State Parliament
Mark Latham lists sprawling estate for sale with $2.4 million guide
The NSW MP quietly listed his home on Sydney’s outskirts, but denies it’s linked to growing legal costs in his feud with political rival Alex Greenwich.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Michael McGowan
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Antisemitism royal commission
Online hatred spiked after the Bondi massacre: Meta knows why
The royal commission will turn its attention to the role media has played in the rise of antisemitism, including an explosion of hate on social media.
- by Alexandra Smith
Drone ban lifted at Coogee Beach after woman mauled by shark
The government will work with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Surf Life Saving NSW to make the exemption permanent.
- by Amber Schultz, Michael McGowan and Riley Walter
Millions pledged for permanent memorial to honour Bondi victims
An $8 million recovery package including funds for a future permanent memorial will be included in this month’s state budget, as Sunday marks the six-month anniversary of the attack.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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Legal Cannabis
‘It will normalise impaired driving’: Trauma surgeons condemn Labor’s cannabis changes
The Minns government’s proposed changes to drug driving laws have been slammed by a group of experts who say the legal threshold is not backed by medical evidence.
- by Michael McGowan
‘I don’t earn enough to rent anything’: How Sydney’s grand housing vision was whittled away
Nurse Talei Williams should be benefiting from affordable housing. Instead, a 90-minute commute is her only option.
- by Max Maddison
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NSW State Parliament
Chris Minns is taking an uncharacteristic risk with new drug driving laws
The famously risk-averse NSW premier has announced “commonsense” changes to the laws around THC and driving. Not everyone is happy.
- by Michael McGowan
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Police
Police admit ‘harm and damage’ to Hannah Thomas after protest arrest
Court documents from the civil case launched by former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas also reveal police have conceded she is entitled to damages and have offered to pay her medical expenses after she suffered permanent damage to her vision.
- by Michael McGowan
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NSW State Parliament
Two Labor figures face charges over alleged illegal donations to premier
Former MP Ernest Wong and restaurateur Jonathan Yee will both face prosecution over allegations they were involved in a scheme to circumvent NSW donor laws in Premier Chris Minns’s electorate 11 years ago.
- by Michael McGowan and Max Maddison
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NSW State Parliament
‘Disgusting conditions’: Workers allegedly living on luxury Burwood high-rise site
“No one brings their underpants on site and washes them at work,” a CFMEU official said in a video walk-through of the Victoria Place development.
- by Max Maddison