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Freefall: home prices notch biggest drop in years

Australia's housing market is undergoing a broad-based downturn with interest rate rises and affordability pressures denting investor confidence.

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House prices fall in four capital cities as Sydney values drop nearly $50,000 this year

More than half of homes taken to auction not selling while median property price in Adelaide started to slide in June

The Guardian - AU

Wallabies hoping Ireland clash lights the fuse for Schmidt’s farewell tour

Outgoing coach will soon give way to Les Kiss but the Sydney match plus tests against France and Italy will establish World Cup credentials

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'Playing for more': Wallabies set for new Championship

A Wallabies star has been left battered and bruised following an intense training session ahead of their inaugural Nations Championship Test in Sydney.

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Shark-spotting drones are about reassurance – not full protection

Sharks are front of mind for many Sydneysiders and coastal New South Wales residents. In January, a teenager died amid a spate of attacks in and around Sydney. This month, a woman was bitten by a large great white while swimming close to shore and between the flags at Coogee…

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At Primavera 2026, artists do not exhibit the archive – they remake it

Primavera 2026 is an exhibition about loss that somehow leaves you lighter than you came. The losses it gathers are heavy ones: Stolen Generations histories, genocide, lives erased from the record. But it is grief metabolised into making, sorrow turned toward creative invention rather than frozen in time.

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By 2050, many Sydney apartments built to today’s standards could be too hot for weeks at a time

Sydney is no stranger to extreme heat. In January 2020, Penrith in Western Sydney reached 48.9°C, the highest temperature ever recorded in Greater Sydney.

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Morning Mail: Plea to save Australian theatre, Brazil overcome Japan scare, Penelope Keith dies

High-profile cancellations show the theatre industry is under threat without tax help; five-time champions come from behind to beat Blue Samurai

The Guardian - AU

Sydney to get parking zones for shared ebikes in bid to stop ‘wild west scenes’ of blocked footpaths

NSW transport minister says growth in shared schemes is a positive development but pedestrians are ‘crying out for order’

The Guardian - AU

'Wasn't a good thing': coaches lament AFL howlers

Another disallowed goal after the siren, and a behind that wasn't, have prompted more commentary around the AFL and how the game is run.

AAP

Cruel blow for Swans forward in run to finals

Key forward Joel Amartey will miss AFL flag fancies Sydney's run to September, while West Coast defender Harry Edwards' season is over through concussion.

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Nothing special on menu as Wallabies aim to end hoodoo

The Wallabies haven't beaten Ireland since 2018, and they'll get their chance to break that rut against the No.3 Test nation in Saturday's clash in Sydney.

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NSW beaches to get dawn-to-dusk drone patrols in $34m anti-shark program

Premier Chris Minns says he wants to restore confidence to beachgoers after series of shark sightings and attacks

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Auction clearance rates continue to hover under 50% – as it happened

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AI drones pegged to help protect beachgoers from sharks

Shark monitoring drones will fly up and down the coast year-round as one state looks to artificial intelligence to help protect swimmers from attacks.

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Anna Funder: ‘I clearly didn’t know what I was doing … but always knew I was going to write’

The writer and newly installed University of Sydney professor on the lure of Berlin, authors versus AI, and writing ‘from a place of admiration’

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Shark bites are down globally – so why are they going up in Australia? It’s complicated

Opinions are divided on how to mitigate risk, and whether it’s sharks or humans themselves who are the problem. Plus, Europe breaks heat records

The Guardian - AU

Woman arrested after her 84-year-old mother found dead in Sydney aged care home

Police allege the Rooty Hill care home resident was administered an unknown substance by her daughter

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'Double Bay inspired': $45m seven-storey development opens for public feedback

The development is inspired by ritzy Sydney suburb Double Bay.

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'Plain and simple' reality as Lions expose Swans

Sydney coach Dean Cox has asked for an immediate response after his side were soundly beaten by Brisbane .

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Shark victim no longer critical but needs more surgery

A woman attacked by a shark at Sydney's famed eastern beaches is awake and alert 11 days after she was mauled and lost an arm.

The Guardian - AU

Sydney shark attack survivor awake, alert and ‘remembers the whole event in detail’, brother says

Australian woman Leah Stewart no longer in critical condition but doesn’t yet have use of her hand

Bangkok Post

Australia teen social media ban has little impact: research

SYDNEY - Australia's social media ban for under 16s has had little impact on teenagers' scrolling habits, researchers said Thursday in one of the first evaluations of the world-leading measures.

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City to take mantle of nation's most expensive units

Most property markets in Australia will slip in value over the 2026/27 financial year, but there are some outliers in latest data.

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The pianist from the audience at La La Land in Concert was a global feelgood story – but all was not what it seemed

Two orchestra members from the Sydney performance allege tensions behind the scenes were the cause of pianist failing to appear after intermission

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