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Penry Buckley

Penry Buckley was a reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.

Photographer Flavio Brancaleone claimed two awards for his images from the funeral of Pope Francis.

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.

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Drew Youngquist, 22, had travelled to Australia to work during the snow season.

Snowboarder who died at Perisher ski resort named as US university student

Drew Youngquist, 22, who died in an accident at the popular resort in the NSW Snowy Mountains, had come to Australia to work during the snow season.

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Hughie Vaughan surfing GIF

Aerial surfing is coming to Sydney, and Hughie Vaughan will be in full flight

The young Australian pulled off the “best aerial done” this year, attracted the praise of surfing and skateboarding legends. He’ll be competing at Sydney’s Urbnsurf park in October.

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AFP Assistant Commissioner Stephen Nutt said the woman’s alleged “covert and deceptive conduct” aimed to collect information on the Buddhist group.

Hermes handbags, multiple properties and a $24,000 Rolex: Alleged ‘unexplained wealth’ of woman charged with foreign interference

The Chinese national, who is also an Australian permanent resident, has been denied bail after she was charged with spying on an Australian-based Buddhist group.

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Police at the park in Annandale where a man was stabbed.

Teen boy charged after alleged stabbing of man at popular park

A 21-year-old man is in a critical condition after the confrontation in Annandale in the inner west.

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The Sydney Chilren’s Hospital, Randwick

‘Happy, kind’ girl, 6, dies of flu after being discharged twice from Sydney hospital

An investigation has been launched into the death of the girl from the northern beaches, who was treated at the Sydney Children’s Hospital.

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A man has been charged with allegedly supplying vape vials laced with nitazenes, in an Australian first.

Warning about deadly vapes laced with powerful new opioid, many times stronger than fentanyl

Police fear hundreds of people may have unknowingly consumed a new class of synthetic opioid after a Sydney man was charged with allegedly supplying it in vape liquid.

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Big swells off the coast near Cape Solander, near Kurnell.

‘Washing machine’: Surfers delight as ‘bit scary’ swell batters Sydney

A few brave surfers tackled the monster swell off the city’s coast, with the largest wave recorded almost nine metres.

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A man was found dead in a vehicle in Hampton Park just after 12.30am Saturday.

‘Shocking’: Man charged with DV murder of woman, 62

The woman was allegedly stabbed at a home in Sydney’s west. Police say the 28-year-old charged over her death was known to her.

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Students arriving at Lane Cove West Public School, after revelations that a worker at the after school care allegedly filmed the abuse of children at the centre.

Alleged paedophile continued to work with children after being reported

A colleague raised concerns about Sydney childcare worker David James at a north shore after-school care facility in 2024, months before his arrest.

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