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Rescuers take residents to safety in a boat in Purfleet near Taree.

The NSW Mid North Coast floods are another warning things must change

Natural disasters loom as regular events but the NSW Mid North Coast floods seems to have caught many off guard. 

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Liberal leader Sussan Ley and David Littleproud of the Nationals.

Division is death and a dead Coalition can never win government

The former Coalition parties must carry out their reforms and then get their acts together quickly to take the fight up to an all-victorious Labor government.

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President Joe Biden has issued pre-emptive pardons to officials whom his successor has labelled as political enemies.

Biden’s cancer diagnosis reminds us of his true achievements

The former US president’s cancer has increased speculation about when he first found out about the illness but cannot overshadow his true legacy.

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Australian Border Force officers checking illegal cigarette imports found in shipping containers in Melbourne.

Government failures allow the illegal tobacco trade to act with impunity

The boom in NSW tobacco shops selling black market cigarettes is a danger to health, law and order and taxation.

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Jamieson Reservoir at Leura, where forever chemicals have been found at five times the incoming safe level.

Forever chemicals in water report leaves many unanswered questions

NSW water authorities have been pushed to come clean on forever chemicals. They haven’t.

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Police suppressed information about a leak involving Ben Roberts-Smith, and the anti-corruption probe that followed.

Truth wins in the Federal Court, but victims of Ben Roberts-Smith still await justice

Roberts-Smith has now had his day in court. But the families of murdered Afghans still await justice.

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Frankie Scott said she wished she had pulled Stevie out of the Affinity-run daycare centre sooner.

Abuse and neglect of children in daycare centres shames us all

Daycare centres are supposed to nurture and protect. What happened?

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Albanese’s first overseas trip shows Indonesia’s importance has not declined

These are heady days to our north, and it is time Indonesia came back into Australia’s focus after being slightly off our radar.

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Liberal leader Sussan Ley.

Sussan Ley’s Liberal leadership is a vote for much-needed reforms

The Liberal Party has been reeling since the disastrous election result, but now the leadership is settled, the hard work of rebuilding the party can begin.

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Anthony Alabanese announces his new ministry,

Albanese names his team but ambition and talent loom large

The weight of numbers on the government benches guarantees there will be further cabinet reshuffles.

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