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Julie Power

Julie Power

Julie Power is a senior reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.

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The charts that show how we died in the worst year on record for drowning

The National Drowning report released on Tuesday finds 357 people fatally drowned in 2024-25, and one age group jumped more than others.

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Inside the piano-shaped Sydney home that was built for romance

He was the quintessential Sydney architect, she managed the International Piano Contest. The house Ken Woolley built for Virginia was unlike any other.

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Burgtec chief operating officer Michael Blatchford in some of the furniture designed and built for the Western Sydney Airport.

Best seats in the house: New airport brings comfort to the economy class

It could be the ultimate democratisation of air travel: Seats near departure gates that are as soft and upholstered as those in the posh private club lounges.

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Cloaked House won two awards in the NSW architecture awards, fin the residential alterations and additions category and also in the sustainabilty, and won the award for 2025 Houses Awards: House Alteration and Addition over 200 square metres.

The photo album that saved a family-built home from demolition

The transformation of the Mosman house known has won awards, but its future was looking very different until a fateful knock at the door.

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Tomás Saraceno’s first work in Sydney can now be seen. It is unlikely to be his last piece for the city.

The artwork taking flight above one of Sydney’s busiest metro stations

Tomás Saraceno has been called the artist most likely to change the world. His first permanent public artwork in Australia has just opened in Sydney.

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Judith and Brian Preston, chief judge of the Land and Environment Court, and their architect Glenn Murcutt, almost 90 years old, at their house which he designed in the Sydney suburb of St Ives for, which was completed in 1992.

Why exploring this Sydney home is like finding an unplayed Mozart

The 89th birthday of Australia’s most celebrated architect, Glenn Murcutt, has prompted a major celebration of his work and his style of climate-friendly design.

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The F/A-18 Hornet under the Aperture in the Middle East Gallery, seen during a visit to view construction work of Anzac Hall at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Wednesday 2 July

From Black Hawks to $2 pool noodles: Inside the new Anzac Hall

Engineering and architectural nous is behind the controversial expansion of the Australian War Memorial, which will include helicopters, armoured vehicles and an F/A-18A Hornet.

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NSW Housing Pattern Book.

A mini-Aussie dream for $1? The future of Sydney housing revealed

Affordable fast-track homes are here in the NSW Housing Pattern Book, designed to stop young people fleeing the state. See all eight plans and vote for your favourite.

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Platypus diplomacy was all the rage but it often did not end well for the distinctive Australian animal..

Winston the platypus was shipped to England. Has his mystery death at sea been solved?

Platypus diplomacy by Australia to woo foreign countries caused intrigue and headlines. But it didn’t always end well for the species.

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The Ford Mustang at the end of the pursuit.

Alleged axeman charged over Mustang pursuit through South Coast towns

A man has been charged after he allegedly assaulted a woman with an axe, stole her muscle car and then ran her over before a police pursuit.

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