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The backyard experiment that exposed the swaths who are calling out for help
Counsellor Gareth Wyatt is helping tackle gambling addiction among young men in the suburbs of Sydney.
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Herald’s ‘backbone and heart’ honoured at Kennedy Awards
The Herald’s associate editor Kathryn Wicks received the award for outstanding team player or mentor at the 2025 Kennedy Awards.
- Mary Ward
The Sydney Morning Herald journalists scoop the pool at Kennedy Awards
Our journalists led the field at the 2025 Kennedy Awards, taking home several major awards, including for the exposure of high-level corruption in the construction industry.
- Penry Buckley
It may be a $380k cash cow. But is Sydney’s biggest billboard also an eyesore?
Sydney’s biggest billboard may remain a prominent feature of the city’s skyline as part of a six-figure deal that could bring a local council more than $300,000. But not everyone is happy.
- David Barwell
Thirty books we’ll be talking about for the rest of 2025
Clear your shelves. Here’s the fiction and non-fiction you can look forward to reading for the rest of the year.
- Melanie Kembrey
Singleton family agree to judgment in favour of Nine in landmark court battle
The family of Bondi Junction stabbing victim Dawn Singleton has agreed on the eve of a two-day trial to court orders ending their dispute against Nine.
- Michaela Whitbourn
New evidence unearthed of shocking Japanese assault of Australian nurses
Statements from a war crimes investigator confirm there was a cover-up.
- Lynette Ramsay Silver
Two journalists, an eclectic restaurant and Taylor Swift: Inside the making of Jac Maley’s new book
Long before the world’s most popular singer ate there, columnist Jacqueline Maley could see potential in her favourite eating spot.
- Melanie Kembrey