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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.

Champion athlete Peter Bol hung out to dry by sports administrators
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Peter Bol

Champion athlete Peter Bol hung out to dry by sports administrators

Confidence in Australia’s anti-doping processes have been shattered after the treatment of middle-distance runner Peter Bol.

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Behaviour of major building industry players under scrutiny

Behaviour of major building industry players under scrutiny

Taxpayers don’t want to be left carrying the can if builders and developers aren’t regulated properly.

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Putin’s Russia flirts with nuclear catastrophe

Putin’s Russia flirts with nuclear catastrophe

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has delivered a repulsive reminder of the threat of nuclear war.

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Tragedy calls for hard look at Taipan fleet
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Defence

Tragedy calls for hard look at Taipan fleet

Attention must now turn to what caused the helicopter accident that claimed the lives of four Defence personnel.

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Rules to retain and enhance our once ‘leafy suburbs’ are welcome

Rules to retain and enhance our once ‘leafy suburbs’ are welcome

Woollahra Municipal Council has passed new planning rules that require properties to have a tree canopy of up to 35 per cent.

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Time to lay bare what’s gone wrong in Home Affairs
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Home Truths

Time to lay bare what’s gone wrong in Home Affairs

The department’s failings are so widespread and pervasive only a broad public examination will restore confidence in its vital functions.

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Premier, stop playing games with western Sydney residents on Metro
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Sydney Metro

Premier, stop playing games with western Sydney residents on Metro

Letting doubt fester about the future of Metro West for months is cruel and unnecessary.

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Why all the government secrecy on Kathryn Campbell’s demise?

Why all the government secrecy on Kathryn Campbell’s demise?

Obfuscation over the former public servant’s fate raises questions about what the public will be told about others shamed by the robo-debt royal commission.

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Any delay to our city’s much-needed Metro West rail line would be a disaster
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Sydney Metro

Any delay to our city’s much-needed Metro West rail line would be a disaster

During its previous years in state government, delay became Labor-speak for never going to happen.

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Offshore detention scandal to send aftershocks across the Pacific

Offshore detention scandal to send aftershocks across the Pacific

The exposure of suspect payments and allegations of bribery and money laundering in the offshore detention program imperils Australia’s position as a trusted influence among Pacific nations.

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Heritage watchdog weak and largely asleep on the job
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Heritage

Heritage watchdog weak and largely asleep on the job

For an organisation charged with protecting the past for the future Heritage NSW seems unable to cope with living in the present.

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