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Sydney’s $33 billion ‘quiet giant’ where jobs and homes are battling for space

A stretch of prime land from the southern end of Sydney’s CBD to the airport and Port Botany, which new modelling shows generates $33 billion for the state’s economy each year, is under increasing pressure from competing development, illustrating growing friction between jobs and housing across the city.

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Roll in to this Thai spot, order this comforting noodle dish, and you’re in for a happy time

The story of this charming, new restaurant starts in other Thai restaurants, places where Ari.BKK’s owner and chef Artitaya “View” Chimrit was taken by her partner, Oliver Ku, an IT adviser. “Please don’t bring me here again,” View said every time, unenamoured of yet another spin on Melbourne suburban Thai. She want…

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Newsroom Edition: Labor broke a promise for bold reform. Does it matter? – podcast

In a big gamble, Labor broke a big promise. In this week’s budget, the government announced changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing. Treasurer Jim Chalmers is suggesting it’s the broken promise we had to have, in order to tackle intergenerational inequality and make the tax system fairer. Reged Ahmad speak…

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MSO to go to trial over pianist Jayson Gillham sacking in bid to ‘control’ stage

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra says it will go to trial next week to defend an unfair dismissal case brought by a pianist whose concert it cancelled after he made comments on stage about Gaza, characterising the matter as a fight to “control” who appears on its stage.

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