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Think there’s nothing on in Sydney? These Sydneysiders will change your mind

Community-led live lists are booming in popularity, so the Herald went to three shows with guide operators to see why they’re a growing new front.

  • Kayla Olaya and Audrey Richardson

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Australia’s Indian diaspora is part of a much larger network.

Young, smart, driven: the dynamic global movement growing in power and influence

Members of the Indian diaspora are rising to the top of business and politics, and its Australian connections are only getting stronger.

  • Matt Wade
Schuster and Connie, a green-cheeked parrot he rescued from his first job as a vet.

Ben had wanted to be a vet since he was 10. This is why he had to walk away

A workforce shortage is hitting the business of caring for pets.

  • Abby Seaman
More than two dozen people have set up semi-permanent residence in Wilks Park and near Wagga beach, where a woman gave birth.

Nineteen years old, Mia is sleeping rough near the makeshift camp where a newborn died

The young woman is just one of dozens of people making their homes in tents in riverside parks around Wagga Wagga.

  • Amber Schultz
Gina Rinehart and Pauline Hanson.

One Nation’s ‘sexy’ plane donation shocked the establishment. Not Gina Rinehart’s inner circle

Gina Rinehart grew up in a world where influence was cultivated as frequently as iron ore deposits. It’s instructive for her political championing of Pauline Hanson.

  • Rob Harris
The world would be a poorer place without Sir David Attenborough’s contribution to it.

Legend. Icon. Prophet. David Attenborough on the cusp of 100

The beloved documentary maker brought nature into the world’s lounge rooms, but is not without his critics.

  • Nick O'Malley
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Chorizo is off the menu when lunching with heart-health advocate Dr Stephen Fenton.

To save lives, this doctor is defying the orthodoxy

To impress cardiologist Stephen Fenton I keep my lunch choices on the healthy side.

  • Nick Galvin
Gordon Whitlam spent decades trying to overturn a court-martial after he was wrongly convicted of theft while in Egypt in 1915-16.

The lieutenant, the liar and the leather-bound file: Inside the 30-year fight to clear Gordon Whitlam

The prime minister’s uncle was wrongly court-martialled as a young officer in World War I. He spent decades trying to clear his name.

  • Tony Wright
Then treasurer Paul Keating talking about the recession we ‘had to have’ in 1990. It remains the last, deep recession experienced by this country.

Recessions mean economic carnage. Many Australians think the country is already in one

Jim Chalmers’ budget test is just getting tougher. More than three-quarters of people believe Australia will enter recession, or is already there.

  • Shane Wright
The wild and worrisome resurgence of Michael Jackson.

The wild and worrisome resurgence of Michael Jackson

The Michael biopic is expected to smash the box office and wow audiences with its musical brilliance. But could the King of Pop’s controversial legacy derail the blockbuster’s success?

  • Nell Geraets