Madeleine Bower

Madeleine Bower is an intern at The Sydney Morning Herald

Tara Hurley with her daughter Grace and Neonatal Specialist Dr Meredith Ward.

Babies

Running with doctor who saved her child's life

Tara Hurley and Dr Meredith Ward have a very special bond. Two years ago Dr Ward helped save the life of Tara's baby Grace, who was born extremely premature at 23 weeks.

6 years ago
Madeleine Bower

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Artist Jonathan Jones with his emu print work on display at Hyde Park Barracks.

Visual art

Artists to leave lasting impression as Hyde Park Barracks opens

The newly revamped Hyde Park Barracks opens its doors on Friday, telling Aboriginal and colonial stories alike. It's a project more than three years in the making.

February 21, 2020
Madeleine Bower

Extreme weather

The early warning system being developed to shore up Australia's beaches

As monstrous surf pummelled Sydney’s northern beaches, Ian Turner and his hardy research team were in their element.

February 15, 2020
Peter Hannam and Madeleine Bower

Extreme weather

Beaches close across NSW as cyclone-linked surge lifts erosion fears

A powerful surf generated by an ex-tropical cyclone in the Tasman Sea, has led to fears of the worsening erosion of beaches hard hit by last week's storms.

February 14, 2020
Madeleine Bower and Peter Hannam

Quinn, a 12 week-old French Mastiff is available for adoption at The Country Companion Animal Rescue

Pets

Charities aim to find homes for hundreds of rescue animals

PETstock stores across NSW will host a menagerie of animals saved by local rescue organisations as part of National Pet Adoption Day.

February 14, 2020
Madeleine Bower

The Rural Fire Service has announced that all of the remaining blazes had officially been contained as deluge of rain over the past week has resulted in Sydney's dams reaching their highest total since April 2018.

Extreme weather

Dam levels reach two-year high, RFS declares all fires now contained

A deluge of rain has resulted in Sydney's dams reaching their highest total since April 2018 as the RFS announces all remaining fires are contained.

February 13, 2020
Matt Bungard and Madeleine Bower

Drones

The future of planting? Seeds from the sky

After one of the worst fire seasons on record, Australian company AirSeed is developing drones to reforest from the skies.

February 13, 2020
Madeleine Bower

Lake Burragorang, behind Warragamba dam, is now almost 70 per cent full after nearing 40 per cent just days ago.

Extreme weather

NSW dam levels soar as Sydney water restrictions remain in place

The leap in reservoir levels poses a dilemma for the Berejiklian government given it had only introduced level-2 water restrictions for Sydney, the Blue Mountains and Illawarra in December.