31 h. ago Libs have no plan for immigration tensions, so Labor must act before it gets ugly

Oppositional politics risks an unedifying partisan stoush over our borders. It risks a slow-motion tragedy.

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50 h. ago Lady Gaga returns to Melbourne – and her pop glory – with gothic, melodramatic opera

After emerging atop a giant birdcage, the megastar writhes in a sandpit filled with skeletons, is brought back to life by demonic nurses and plunges the stage into smoke and emerald green.

Politics

64 h. ago Joy, heartbreak and everything in between: The storytellers who define moments

Interviewing candidates for our new role of visual stories trainee this week, I was struck by their passion. It’s easy to understand why.

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66 h. ago Architecture prize for Herald writer who turns ‘somewhat inaccessible’ into stories that resonate

The Herald’s reporter Julie Power has been recognised for her contribution to architecture. She says it has the power to change lives, if done well.

Events

4 d. ago After decades thinking they had little in common, these siblings finally became friends

Opera Australia baritone Samuel Dundas and brother Toby, drummer with The Temper Trap, were “radically different” growing up. In becoming dads, they bonded.

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4 d. ago Acrobatics and opera collide in one of our oldest stories of tragedy and grief

It’s a story that’s been told a thousand ways through every possible medium – but this version of Orpheus and Eurydice offers something very new.

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4 d. ago A murder suspect dad, a missing TV hostess mum and a perfect VCE score: Alleged principal stabber’s tragic past

He was a child of tragedy, then an academic star. Now, Kim Ramchen – the son of a millionaire once suspected in his model wife’s disappearance – stands accused of stabbing his school principal, bringing his family name back before the courts.

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5 d. ago The man whose grief spoke to the world as Hong Kong towers burned

Wong left home to pick up his granddaughter from school. He returned to find his building ablaze and his wife trapped inside. That was when photographer Tyrone Siu found him.

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5 d. ago The man whose grief spoke to the world as Hong Kong towers burnt

Wong left home to pick up his granddaughter from school. He returned to find his building ablaze and his wife trapped inside. That was when photographer Tyrone Siu found him.

Events

6 d. ago ‘Highest risk months’: Water safety warning for parents as summer begins

“Parents tell us that they only looked away for a moment and then tragedy has struck.”

Events

6 d. ago State Theatre, Melbourne’s home of ballet and opera, to reopen early

The Melbourne home of Opera Australia and the Australian Ballet has been a building site since April 2024, but will reopen next October.

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7 d. ago Aerobatic pilot killed after small planes collide midair in Sydney

Sydney man Eddie Seve, an experienced pilot who flew in aerobatic formations at airshows, was reportedly killed in the crash.

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8 d. ago ‘The ultimate story of love’: Would you follow your partner into hell?

Acrobatics and opera collide in this new twist on a classic tragedy.

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9 d. ago Wini Heatley hid brother’s death from Matildas teammates for a week

It was only after her assured central defensive display had helped Australia outclass New Zealand that it became clear the 24-year-old had played through grief.

Events

1 week ago Which Brisbane street made a list of the world’s ‘coolest’? Take the Brisbane Times Quiz

Catch up on the week’s local, national and international stories with our two-minute multiple choice challenge.

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1 week ago ‘Life cut way too short’: Lilie James’ parents speak as coroner demands urgent action

The killing of the 21-year-old sports coach was not an “isolated tragedy” but part of a “devastating pattern of violence against women”, a coroner has found.

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1 week ago Unsurprisingly, death is a recurring theme in Salman Rushdie’s new book

The stories in The Eleventh Hour are variable, but Rushdie’s writing still has a spellbinding quality.

Events

1 week ago Moment of impact shown at Sea World fatal chopper crash inquest

Never-before-seen footage has been released of the moment four people died when the two Sea World choppers collided above the Gold Coast Broadwater.

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1 week ago ‘The shaking was just terrible’: Survivors recount Sea World helicopter collision

Family members in the Coroners Court in Brisbane watched footage showing a passenger in one of the helicopters tapping the pilot on the shoulder several times to alert him.

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1 week ago Footage of moment Sea World helicopters collided shown on inquest day one

Family members in the Coroners Court in Brisbane watched the footage, which showed a passenger in one of the helicopters, flown by Sea World Helicopters pilot Michael James, tapping James on the shoulder several times to alert him.

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