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Restaurant ‘devastated’ after Shore student’s allergy death

The Sydney Church of England Grammar School’s main campus in North Sydney.

The year 11 boy from the Sydney Church of England Grammar School died on Wednesday night after suffering an apparent allergic reaction to food.

Banks hit with profit crunch as customers shift deposits

Bank margins will continue to dwindle in the first half of this financial year, analysts say, as customers move their savings into higher-interest offerings.

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The proof that Minns’ housing policy is right call

Sydney’s population crush is coming down heaviest on western Sydney and it is skewing housing across the city.

Latrell Mitchell.
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NRL 2024

Latrell booed again but Souths have last laugh against Bulldogs

Rival fans incessantly booing Latrell Mitchell has become an issue again. It took the gloss off the Rabbitohs’ first win of the year.

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Building defects across Sydney.

Dozens of orders for developers to fix defective apartment buildings in Sydney have been issued over the past three years. This is where they are.

Well, wasn’t that all totally predictable?

I appreciate this affair is probably one that many busy readers have not engaged in. But in my view this story matters a great deal because it goes to three key points. 

Can the Waratahs put down the Rebels? Follow the action live

Can freshly re-signed Waratahs wunderkind Max Jorgensen help Darren Coleman’s side to a second win of the season?

The Waratahs have been thereabouts of late but nonetheless head into Friday’s all-Australian clash with an unenviable 1-4 record and time fast running out.

‘It’s not a war’: The seismic shift about to hit world tennis

‘It’s not a war’: The seismic shift about to hit world tennis

The “war” over a radical new direction for professional tennis is anything but, says Australian Open boss Craig Tiley in this interview about the future of the sport.

Rugby will be a winter sport forever - or will it?

A few years ago I would have been hostile to even contemplate a switch to summer to align with the northern hemisphere. Now I am merely neutral, not to mention curious.

Paul Cully
Paul Cully

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Casa Bonita is celebrating its 50th birthday this week.

The creators of South Park bought a restaurant and it’s impossible to get in

Trey Parker and Matt Stone bought their favourite place to celebrate birthdays during the pandemic. Now there’s a waiting list of 100,000.

South Korea’s new ambassador to Australia quits amid probe controversy

Lee Jong-sup in Seoul in January while he was defence minister.

Lee Jong-sup, who was appointed just four weeks ago, is being investigated over allegations he acted corruptly as defence minister.

How do you make your mark when your parents are high achievers? This is how Rose Jackson does it

How do you make your mark when your parents are high achievers? This is how Rose Jackson does it

The rising star in the Minns government looks to her ABC journalist mother Liz for inspiration.

Top chef closing two high-profile venues this weekend

Josh Niland in his Rose Bay restaurant Charcoal Fish, which closes on Sunday.

After several years of rapid expansion, chef-restaurateur Josh Niland has announced the sudden closure of two of his businesses.

I completely stuffed up in a meeting. Should I resign in embarrassment?

Not being able to explain something under unusual, difficult or simply unexpected circumstances isn’t evidence of incompetence or incapability.

Jonathan Rivett

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The new-look Dry Dock in Balmain.
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Balmain

This new-look Balmain boozer feels like an entirely new venue. So, how’s the food?

There’s no chicken schnitzel, but there is a juicy pork chop at The Dry Dock. Just don’t wear your thongs.

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Five crowd-pleasing salads to make this Easter long weekend

Get your grains in with salads like the popular protein-packed Cypriot grain salad.

Impress family and friends with these vibrant, flavourful bowls.

There’s only one thing to say about this novel - read it

Melanie Joosten’s third novel is a sure-footed story of two young suffragettes.

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NRL 2024

South Sydney need a win against Canterbury on Good Friday.

Jason Demetriou has won a grand final from 0-3 before. All is not lost for Souths

The South Sydney coach should know what can be achieved after an awful start to a season. He helped pull off the ultimate NRL fairytale.

Happy cats: Penrith prevail for a ninth win straight win over the Roosters.
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Penrith are marching to a fourth straight title. Is their dominance killing the NRL?

The Penrith Panthers have become a relentless, insatiable winning machine. But is this necessarily a good thing?

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Councils swoop on wiggle room in development plan

New planning controls are due to be imposed in April, but documents reveal the government will allow councils another six months to devise their own plans around some train stations.

Good Friday ushers in perfect Easter weather in Sydney – but a warning to campers

Easter long weekenders are in for warm and dry weather across the state.

Warm and sunny conditions are forecast across much of the state this Easter long weekend.

Restaurant ‘devastated’ after Shore student’s allergy death

The Sydney Church of England Grammar School’s main campus in North Sydney.

The year 11 boy died after apparently suffering an anaphylactic reaction to food while travelling home from a school sports function with his family.

‘No confidence’: Newington College old boys revolt at council meeting

‘No confidence’: Newington College old boys revolt at council meeting

Former Newington College students have passed votes of no confidence in its old boys union, school council and headmaster at a major alumni meeting.

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Mother’s body covered in mystery acid burns before death, inquest told

Monika Chetty was found with burns to 80 per cent of her body.

The body of former nurse Monika Chetty was covered in burns, which were untreated for weeks. But no one knows how she got them.

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Warner Bros. Pictures’ promotional art for “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.”
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Godzilla x Kong promised to be the bromance to end all bromances – what went wrong?

The much anticipated Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is, unfortunately, less a battle of the giants and more of a jokey letdown.

Nam Le in Melbourne in February.

Nam Le returns with poetry, but the question is: Where’s his novel?

Sixteen years after The Boat, his barnstorming book of short stories, Nam Le has surprised publishers and readers alike with a book of poems.

Politics

Just when Dutton is winning, he sounds like a sore loser

Dutton calls Albanese weak. Albanese calls Dutton angry. Each is trying to pin a label on the other. But the strange thing is that Dutton makes it so easy for his label to stick.

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Latrell Mitchell.
Updated
NRL 2024

Latrell booed again but Souths have last laugh against Bulldogs

Rival fans incessantly booing Latrell Mitchell has become an issue again. It took the gloss off the Rabbitohs’ first win of the year.

Can freshly re-signed Waratahs wunderkind Max Jorgensen help Darren Coleman’s side to a second win of the season?

Super Rugby LIVE: Can the Waratahs put down the Rebels?

The Waratahs have been thereabouts of late but nonetheless head into Friday’s all-Australian clash with an unenviable 1-4 record and time fast running out.

Shohei Ohtani.

The mystery of baseball’s billion-dollar man, his interpreter and the betting scandal that rocked US sport

Shohei Ohtani’s perfect image has been besmirched by allegations of a $US4.5 million bank transfer to an illegal bookmaker in California.

Michelle Ford celebrates victory at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

Why the most macabre doping scheme in Olympic history went unpunished

Righting the wrongs of the state-orchestrated East German doping of the 1970s and 1980s will be anything but straightforward.

Super Rugby struggles to escape the gigantic shadow cast by the NRL and AFL.

Rugby will be a winter sport forever - or will it?

A few years ago I would have been hostile to even contemplate a switch to summer to align with the northern hemisphere. Now I am merely neutral, not to mention curious.

Paul Cully
Paul Cully

Rugby columnist

Lalakai Foketi back at training with the Waratahs this week.

A Wallabies star heard a ‘pop’ in his neck. He feared he may not run with his kids again

Waratahs centre Lalakai Foketi has spoken about a scary injury that saw him rushed to hospital last month.

Some of the countries and key players behind world tennis’ transformation - Aryna Sablenka, Lew Sherr, Novak Djokovic, Craig Tiley, and Alex de Minaur

‘It’s not a war’: The seismic shift about to hit world tennis

The “war” over a radical new direction for professional tennis – between the cashed-up Saudis and the four grand slams – is anything but, according to Australian Open boss Craig Tiley in this interview about the future of the sport.

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